Reserve Chardonnay
Reserve
- Vintage
- 2008
- Type
- Chardonnay
- Appellation
- Russian River Valley
$39 (750ml)
Limit 2 bottles.
Shipping included on purchases of 6 bottles or more
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Tasting Notes
Powerful aromas of spicy baked apple, pear, and toast join lemon-cream streaked with minerals on the opulent palate, balanced with bright, refreshing acidity.
Technical Information
- Alcohol:
- 14.4%
- Total Acidity:
- 0.63 gm/ 100 ml
- Fermentation:
- 100% fermented in 100% French oak barrels (46% new) 100% malolactic, aged 14 months.
- Appellation
- Russian River Valley
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Our Reserve Chardonnay is created in our small lot winemaking facility. Under the direction of consulting winemaker David Ramey, we employ cutting edge techniques such as whole cluster pressing, "double dry" barrel fermentation, and unfiltered bottling. With small tanks and equipment sized for the most discriminating vineyard selection process, our facility is truly state of the art, and represents the Klein family commitment towards producing the finest wines possible.
Reviews
“93 points - ...this deep and very well-filled offering is already starting to show a real sense of layered richness, and its fresh, nervy nose of citrus, stones, sweet oak and spice is followed up by length, mouthfilling, ripe-apple flavors that are filled out by notes of creme brulee."”
- Connoisseurs' Guide to California Wine May 2011