2016 Chardonnay 750

VINEYARD NOTES

Our Chardonnay blocks are nestled at the lowest elevation of our Estate, down by Conn Creek where they are surrounded on three sides by trees. The resulting environment encourages a crisp Chardonnay with a wide flavor profile that conveys the soil’s minerality and cool location. The 2016 growing season was nearly perfect, with ideal weather conditions throughout including much more plentiful rainfall than the previous several years. Our Chardonnay grapes were harvested in late August following steady weather conditions in the two prior months, and before a series of warmer days at the end of the growing season. 

PRODUCTION NOTES

The grapes were whole-berry cluster pressed, and fermented in Burgundian barrels with 22% of the barrels undergoing malolactic fermentation. The wine was aged in the same French barrels for nine months (15% new) before bottling in June 2017.

100% ESTATE GROWN, PRODUCED & BOTTLED, NAPA VALLEY AVA