Fresh fruit and floral aromas dominate the nose and palate: white peach, lemon zest, pear,
Granny Smith apple, and citrus blossoms. The oak influence creates a nice mid-palate that
balances with the bright acidity that lingers.
Vinification
100%-barrel aged sur lie for 7 months, 70% barrel fermented with malolactic
fermentation, 18% new French oak barrels, and 30% stainless steel fermented.
Winemakers Comments
Katherine’s Vineyard Chardonnay is an ocean-influenced, single-vineyard expression of
“refrigerated sunshine” in a glass – layered, elegant, distinct.
Region Notes
Katherine’s Vineyard, named after Katie Jackson in 1986, consists of ancient soils with
fossilized seashells, shale, limestone and sand, where fog swept vines that have endured
since the 1970s.
Winemakers Comments