2004 Benziger Bartolucci Vinyards Muscat Canelli, Lake County (750ml) (Benziger Family Winery / Benziger Single Vineyard Wines) -- Benziger & Imagery Online Store Shopping Cart -- (750ml) County Lake Canelli, Muscat Vinyards Bartolucci Benziger 2004

<H1>2004 Benziger Bartolucci Vinyards Muscat Canelli, Lake County (750ml) -- Benziger & Imagery Online Store Shopping Cart</H1> $24.00 -- A wonderful Muscat, in a medium sweet style. It has excellent character (pear, apple, honeysuckle), good balance, and a very long aftertaste. <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/benziger/images/BZ-04-Bart-Muscat_LG.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2004 Benziger Bartolucci Vinyards Muscat Canelli, Lake County (750ml)" NAME="2004 Benziger Bartolucci Vinyards Muscat Canelli, Lake County (750ml)" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> VINTAGE 2004 RELEASE DATE July 2005 AVAILABILITY Winery Only 800.989.8890 APPELLATION Lake County VINEYARD Bartolucci VINIFICATION: In the winery we use whole cluster pressing and an aggressive press cut to insure beautiful floral fruit without astringency. Tank fermentation at low temperatures allows us to slow the fermentation process to preserve fruit flavors and aromas. We stop the fermentations with just enough residual sugar to emphasize and balance the crisp acidity. The wine was bottled in January 2004. Alcohol 12%, pH 3.46, Total acidity .57, Residual sugar 6.1%. 763 cases produced. VINTAGE: The amount of rainfall, though early, was normal. Dry weather reigned from March, the warmest March on record, to October. The warm weather jump-started the growing season, making farmers nervous. Things did cool down for spring extending bloom. Summer was moderate without any heat waves, but it was humid raising concerns of mildew. By the end of July it was evident that an early harvest was upon us. High temperatures are not unusual in late summer and early fall but humidity under 20% is very unusual. In fact the average low humidity over the previous five years didn’t go below 30%. Extended periods of hot, dry weather are difficult for a grapevine to endure. With almost two weeks of 10 - 20% humidity in late August and September, mildew was now the least of concerns! Grape sugar was soaring before flavors had matured; our growers did a great job sustaining vineyards until flavors developed. By the end of September we were evaluating an outstanding vintage. 2004 is a vintage of ripe and well-developed flavors with the best overall quality in years. <LI>SKU: 523104 Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Category10" TITLE="Benziger Family Winery">Benziger Family Winery</A> / <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Category7" TITLE="Benziger Single Vineyard Wines">Benziger Single Vineyard Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/benziger/Product786 TITLE="2007 Benziger Chardonnay, Sangiacomo Vineyards, Carneros (750ml)">2007 Benziger Chardonnay, Sangiacomo Vineyards, Carneros (750ml)</A> -- Our Sangiacomo Vineyard Chardonnay is a rich, luscious wine with a lovely mouth feel. 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