Winemaking
Classic winemaking techniques such as sur lie aging for 18 months are used for this wine. Each lot is kept separate throughout the winemaking process and aged in 100% French oak (21% new). A barrel selection from each lot is made to craft the final blend. Winemaker Margo Van Staaveren prefers to give the Reserve Chardonnay a year of bottle age before it’s released.
Vineyards
The 2014 Sonoma County Reserve Chardonnay is our 17th vintage of this wine. For this blend, we selected fruit from the critically acclaimed Robert Young Vineyard in the Alexander Valley and Cold Creek Ranch in the Sonoma Coast appellation along with supporting fruit from, Durell Vineyard in Sonoma Valley and finally, Belle Terre Vineyard also in the Alexander Valley.