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Wine Description
The Story
This special bottling is named after my loyal English Springer Spaniel, Chico, who loves to run up and down the sloping plateau where the vines are planted. It is a barrel selection from the Dijon 667 clone, which we feel truly represents the terroir and ageability of the Doña Margarita Vineyard.
The grapes derive from the Doña Margarita Vineyard which is named after the late matriarch of the Torres family. This 20-acre vineyard is locate...
Wine Information
Production: 93 cases
The Vinification
The grapes were harvested on October 1, lightly crushed and destemmed, then fermented in small stainless steel tanks. The wine was aged in premium French oak barrels, 50% new, coopered by Remond from the forest of Bertranges and Rousseau from the Center of France. It was bottled, unfined and unfiltered, in August 2013.
Tasting Notes
This small bottling of Chico's Run is fragrant with the clas...
