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Wine Description
The Story
All of our ten vineyard designate Chardonnays are marked first and foremost by regional characteristics. Beyond that lies the personality of each of the vineyards from which they hail. All of the sites are planted to the same clone, a California heritage selection that we have been using for close to thirty years. Each wine is produced in the same fashion, with the focus being on the traditional techniques that elicit the earth driven, complex...
Vintage 1999
The 1999 California wine harvest stands as a classically structured, long-season vintage across Napa Valley, Sonoma, and the Santa Cruz Mountains, characterized by a cool spring that delayed budbreak, a brief July heat spike, and an extended, mild autumn that allowed winemakers to achieve extended hang-time. Reduced yields from cool spring conditions concentrated fruit flavor and retained firm natural acidity, yielding Cabernet Sauvignons defi...