2024 Estate Chardonnay
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Notes
Eye
Pineapple quartz with pale gold reflective rimNose
Lime blossom, honeysuckle, and white flowers followed by Asian pear, golden apple, and fresh pineapple. Time in the glass reveals layers of limestone dust, Marcona almond, brioche, and carmelized sugar.Palate
Focused and expressive with crisp orchard and citrus fruit gliding over a saline mineral backbone, gradually giving way to almond cream, subtle caramel, and restrained oak spice. Light-bodied yet textural with a vibrant, tapered finish.Cellar life
Drink now through 2032+. -
Background
Our Chardonnay vineyard is a bona fide outlier, residing at the far northwest corner of our estate property. The soil in this truly wild west vineyard is a dense gray clay, thick enough to pull your shoe off your foot should you venture out when it’s damp. At four acres it typically yields a mere two tons maximum per acre. The fruit extracts from the clay soil a terrifically complex minerality that sets the resulting wine apart from typical Napa Valley Chardonnay offerings. This is vintage no. 22.
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Deets
- Composition
100% Chardonnay - Vineyard source
Brown Estate - Appellation
Napa Valley - Aging
12 months in 30% new French oak - Alc. by vol.
13% - Production
300 cases in 12 x 750ml format
- Composition
