BUTTERY CHARDONNAY CALIFORNIA 2021:
Our 2021 Buttery Chardonnay is golden straw in color and opens with decadent aromas of ripe pineapples, sweet milk tart, and créme brûlée. Creamy, rich flavors of custard pie, graham crackers, and vanilla bean, with notes of toasted oak and baking spices follow with a lingering finish. Enjoy our Buttery Chardonnay with roasted chicken, fettuccine carbonara, grilled salmon with blue cheese, and mango green salad.
2021 HARVEST:
The 2021 growing season was relatively cool through spring and summer. The lack of precipitation combined with the cooler temperatures allowed the grapes to maintain their natural acidity and fully express their aromatics and flavors before being picked. Harvest began a bit later than normal, around the first week of September. The resulting wines beautifully showcase the best California has to offer.
VITICULTURE:
The fruit for our 2021 Buttery Chardonnay was sourced from vineyards where warm days and cool nights provide ideal ripening conditions for grapes to develop bright, ripe fruit flavors and crisp acidity. The grapes were harvested at night and in the early morning to preserve ideal acidity and sugar levels. Harvest ran from September through October 2021.
WINEMAKING:
To fully capture their fresh flavor, we whole cluster pressed the grapes before cold-fermenting the juice in stainless steel. The blend also underwent malolactic fermentation, resulting in a rich, creamy mouthfeel. We then aged the wine for seven months in French oak.
- OAK AGING: 100% French oak
- TA: 4.9 g/L
- RS: 4.5g/L
- pH: 3.5
- ALCOHOL: 13.5%