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  • 2014

Chardonnay, Extended Age

Behler Vineyard

  • Sonoma Valley
EA Chard, Behler

Tasting Notes

This is a full-bodied and elegant Chardonnay that shows off a luscious, creamy mouthfeel with aromas and flavors of honey, orange marmalade, and brioche with a touch of crispness and lemon zest on the finish.

Vintage Notes

Warm sunny days throughout the spring and summer months set the stage for a spectacular harvest in September 2014. The lack of rain meant that harvest began a little earlier than normal and was short in length, finishing up by the end of October. The temperate days leading up to harvest produced good yields of high-quality fruit with concentrated flavors, complex aromatics, and excellent structure.

Vineyard Notes

This rich Chardonnay comes from our Certified Sustainable Behler Estate Vineyard, named for the Behler family, who first cultivated the land in the 1900s. Our founder Joe Martin purchased this 100-acre Sonoma Valley vineyard in 1971 and planted it with Chardonnay and Merlot. Ideally suited to the warm days and cool nights here, the Chardonnay develops full, round flavors and crisp acidity.

Winemaker Notes

Winemaker Katie Madigan crafts this wine in a richer, more opulent style than our other premium Chardonnays. The fruit is picked at daybreak and delivered to the winery while still cold to preserve the wine’s delicate flavors, aromas, and acidity. Grapes are pressed whole cluster, then fermented sur lie in a temperature-controlled room maintained at 55 degrees to ensure a slow fermentation. The initial bottling for this wine was in August 2015. For this Extended Age wine, select barrels were set aside, chosen for their taste profile and acidity level, and given an extra 12 months of aging and battonage (stirring) to impart a rounder, more complex mouthfeel. This wine was bottled in August 2016.

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WINEMAKER

Katie Madigan

COLLECTION

Artisan Collection

GRAPE VARIETIES
100% Chardonnay
ALCOHOL
14.3 %
CASES PRODUCED
800
AGING
20 Months
Bottling Date
August 2016
Barrel
100% French Oak

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