The 2011 Reserve Chardonnay is made up of three separate lots of wine. The fruit was picked on four separate days, 9/22/11 and 9/23/11 from King Ferry Vineyard's Old Vineyard, 9/30/11 Lamoreaux Landing Wine Cellar's Vineyard Wagner Farms Colmar clone, and 10/1/11 Atwater Estate Vineyard. 58% Wagner Farms, 26% King Ferry Vineyard, and 16% Atwater Vineyard.
The wine was fermented and aged in 39% French oak, 33% American oak and 28% Hungarian oak barrels. Very little manipulation was needed to finish this wine. The wine was aged for 8 months in oak barrels then the wine was racked out to stainless steel tanks for cold stabilization and filtration in preparation for bottling.
Food pairing: Lobster, seafood, cream based soups stews and sauc
...more... es, wonderful with slow cooked soups and stews, fall squashes and vegetables. Bold enough to stand up to a nicely marbled steak- but it pairs well with desserts with caramel too.
