Wine Specs
Vintage
2016
Varietal
Chardonnay
Appellation
Eola Amity Hills
Harvest Date
Early September
Aging
45% new, 600 liter puncheons and 55% old French oak barriques for 10 months
Alcohol %
13.5
Wine Spectator
93
2016 Sisters Chardonnay
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Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
The combination of soil and microclimate creates a wine that is intense and long. It can seem racy one moment and dense and rich the next, making it lively and multifaceted.
Vineyard Notes
This special cuvée is named for Larry's mother Rachel and her sister Aida, who throughout their lives managed to stay together and sustain one another for nearly 90 years. This Chardonnay combines the finest lots of the vintage, from a single vineyard on 100% Jory and Nekia soils in the Eola-Amity Hills, from a property very close to our own Lingua Franca Estate. These shallow, very rocky soils pick up a mineral, savory quality despite the relative youth of the vines.
Production Notes
The grapes were picked to maximize freshness and tension in the finished wine. Whole-cluster pressed, settled in tank for 24 hours, barrel fermented in a combination of 45% new, 600 liter puncheons and 55% old French oak barriques from diverse coopers and left to age for 10 months. Only natural acidity and natural yeast feremented these grapes, which went through full malolactic fermentation in the vessels. The wines were put back in tank with their lees for 6 months prior to bottling in February.
