Reserve Chardonnay 2021
100% Chardonnay · Mendocino County · 105 cases (two puncheons)
This Chardonnay wants to show that there are modern takes on the great masters, and that have their own point of view. Flinty reduction and seductive salinity harken to the greatest Bourgogne Blancs, but this is California, baby. Old-vines from Dicesare Vineyard in Mendocino’s Redwood Valley give us dehydrated meyer lemon and a perfect balance of palate weight and acidity.
750 ml, 12.5% ABV
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Salty, creamy fare, heavy on the citrus. Roasted chicken with a mint and tarragon cream sauce, your favorite local cheese, freshly baked into gougères, and lemon and dill roast salmon should all fit the bill.
Drink When
The dinner party involves friends who may or may not have a chip on their shoulder about California Chardonnay. Bring this bottle to show them how it’s done—we promise they’ll love it.
Martha's Notes
Like many wine lovers, great Chardonnay always has a place at our table. While Chardonnay is particularly versatile and can be made into many different expressions, our favorites have a distinctive restraint and subtle elegance. More is certainly less. Vineyard site selection and harvest date are critical of course, but we find much of the balance occurs during ‘élevage,’ or how the wine is raised. Long and cool fermentations in larger puncheons (roughly twice the volume of a typical barrel), helps preserve the delicate aromas, and due to the greater ratio of wine to oxygen in larger 500L barrels, the wine is much more transparent — showcasing the concentrated yet lively beauty of dry-farmed Chardonnay grown next to the California bay laurels and pear trees that surround Dicesare Vineyard’s cooler, valley position in Mendocino County. Like all our wines, we allow our Chardonnay to fully complete malolactic fermentation (naturally) and age the wine on its lees, which provides added depth and a slight weightiness to the finished wine. The Reserve Chardonnay 2021 is a true reserve selection of just two 500L Stockinger puncheons.
Specifications
View Tech SheetVintage:
2021
Alcohol:
12.5%
Varietal:
100% Chardonnay
Vineyard:
Dicesare Vineyard, Redwood Valley, Mendocino County; dry-farmed (non-irrigated), certified organic vineyard; gravelly loam soils.
Vinification Notes:
Direct-to-press Chardonnay was first settled overnight and then racked off gross juice lees to ferment and age on fine lees in two new 500L Stockinger puncheons for 18 months. Unfined. Unfiltered. Sediment expected.
Serving Temp:
Cool // 45-55°F (7-13°C) // Take this bottle out of your fridge ~20 minutes prior to enjoying.
At Bottling:
(February 2023): 12.5% alc/vol · Free SO2 9 mg/L, Total SO2 37 mg/L
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