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  2001 Seavey Chardonnay
 
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750ml Price: $50.00

Composite: 100%CH
Produced: 140 cases
Alcohol: 13.8%
Oak: 25% New French
Cellaring: 10 Years

Wine Details:
 
100% ESTATE GROWN, PRODUCED AND BOTTLED - NAPA VALLEY AVA
                     
Our first release of Chardonnay was 1990.  Eleven years later, we are as proud as ever of our classic Burgundian Meursault style.  The wine is elegant and yet full-bodied on the palate.  The color is full of bright sunshine and golden straw.

Hand picked in the beginning of September, 2.28 tons were brought into the cellar in small “champagne” baskets.  The vines rest adjacent to Conn Creek in a cooler zone to allow for even ripening. As with our previous vintages of Seavey Chardonnay, in its youth the wine displays a crisp fresh fruit character that meanders into soft ripe fruity elegance with age. The Chardonnay is versatile with a variety of foods and holds up well to spice and texture.

The grapes were whole-cluster pressed and fermented in Burgundian barrels (25% new oak), with indigenous yeasts without malolactic fermentation.  The wine was aged “sur lies” in the same barrels before bottling in May of 2002.
 
Production Team:
  • Consultant Winemaker: Philippe Melka
  • Vineyard Foreman: Mario Gutierrez