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  • Country ranking ?

    467
  • Producer ranking ?

    4
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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Vintage 2011

Napa Valley Vintage Report / Challenging year in the vineyard reaps rewards in the cellar

What began with a wet winter and spring continued with rainfall into mid-June that delayed bloom and disrupted fruit set resulting in shatter in parts of the region set the stage for a long, cooler-than-average growing season with a later-than-average harvest beset with autumn rain storms. The precipitation measuring season ending on June 30 found the ...

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Vineyard west of the Sta Rita Valley, west of 101; most of it is on the valley floor but the fruit for this wine is from more marginal, windswept slopes. Used to be used for cheap Chardonnay. Barrel fermented in 75% new French oak and aged on lees for another year. Only 400 c/s produced.
Apple and melon and very fresh fruit. Smells so cool and non oaky and then on the palate it is richer and has a lovely creamy texture yet zesty fruit rather than creamy flavour, a touch of oak spice though the fruit is dense enough to fill it out. Long and sustained and satisfying. GV (JH

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Santa Barbara, California
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