Tasting note
Chardonnay from a collection of impressive Sonoma sites that balances sweet notes of lemon sugar cookie with spicy oak, green apples and the fragrance of grilled almond and dried orange peel.
Viticulture
A diverse blend of small single vineyards that could all be bottled on their own including Sanchietti Vineyard, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, Zio Tony Ranch, Dutton Ranch and Durell Vineyard.
Vinification
The selected Chardonnay grapes are whole-cluster pressed. They undergo fermentation with 100% indigenous yeast. The wine stays on its lees with weekly stirring. Malolactic conversion happens in barrel. Maturation is in a mixture of new and used Burgundian French oak barrels.
Food Match
Lighter fare, seafood, chicken or other dishes that match well with mineral driven, refreshing Chardonnay