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Goldschmidt Vineyard - Singing Tree - Chardonnay 2016

White Wine

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Item# 72071-16

Tasting notes

Light straw color; aromas of lemon-merangue pie, citrus, and melon. Shows juicy grapefruit, passion-fruit, and white peach flavors. Bright and zesty, with a medium-weight mid-palate and lightly oaked.

Winery Technical Data

Vintage: 2016
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay
Clone: Old field selection
Soil: Franciscan greywacke sandstone, a fine-grained, shallow marine quartz
Press: Gentle whole-cluster pressed
Settled for 48 hrs.
Yield: 3.7 tons per acre, by hand
pH: 3.52
Total Acidity: 6.4 g/l
Alc %: 13.9
Ferment: Stainless Steel
ML: Complete
Filtering: Unfiltered
Aging: 6 months
15% Allier (Demptos), 100% new
Medium toast

Russian River Valley Chardonnay

The rolling hills and gentle slopes near the town of Sebastopol were once home to apple orchards filled with songbirds. By the early 1990's though, most of the orchards were replanted with grapes. The factors that define a quality Chardonnay vineyard are numerous, but Nick Goldschmidt believes matching varietal and rootstock to the right vineyard site yields the most flavorful grapes. High quality grapes grow only under certain optimum soil conditions, including a balance of nutrients within certain clays. These clay minerals play a critical role, as they can retain water and act as harbors for nutrients better than other soil types. Clays that offer slow nutrient transfer to grape vine plants are preferred. The highest quality grapes grow on the fine-grained, shallow marine quartz sandstones of the Wilson Grove Formation, where Singing Tree is located. These formations tend to produce soils that are well balanced in nutrient content and water retention.

Vintage

After four years of drought the 2016 growing season started with abundant and consistent rainfall. A warmer and milder 2015 winter caused an early bud break. Over the summer, the vineyards saw beautiful warm days with many cool foggy evenings. June and July were generally milder without experiencing extended heat spikes or long duration heat events. August was much cooler than usual though, and this cooler weather cycle slowed the harvest process and resulted in increased hang times for fruit. The grapes showed amazing ripeness and greater layers of flavors without excess or exaggerated sugar levels. Warm weather returned and harvest came very fast. There’s a wonderful purity of fruit and the wines are already showing a really enticing floral perfume.