<H1>2006 Thomas Fogarty "Portola Springs Vineyard" Santa Cruz Mtns. ESTATE Chardonnay -- Thomas Fogarty Winery Shopping Cart</H1> <B>$48.00</B> -- <I>91 POINTS- WINE ENTHUSIAST MAGAZINE</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/fogarty/images/2006%20CHPS%20for%20store.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2006 Thomas Fogarty &quot;Portola Springs Vineyard&quot; Santa Cruz Mtns. ESTATE Chardonnay" NAME="2006 Thomas Fogarty &quot;Portola Springs Vineyard&quot; Santa Cruz Mtns. ESTATE Chardonnay" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Winemaking<BR>We harvest our Chardonnay early in the morning to ensure cold fruit, which preserves aromatics and delicacy in the resulting juice. The grapes are added to the press for gentle whole-cluster pressing followed by a cool barrel fermentation. Weekly batonage during the 18 months in French oak barrels (50% new) added flesh and texture to the brilliant spine of acidity and bright mountain fruit. We bottled the wine unfiltered to preserve the magnificent texture and delicate aromatics.<BR><BR>Vintage<BR>2006 featured one of the longest growing seasons in recent memory. Fantastic weather during bloom left us with a real crop on the vines, something quite different than 2005. The longer cool growing season was ideal for producing lovely aromatics and silky textures, real hallmarks for us in 2006. The vintage yielded wines that are remarkably pure and translucent, highlighting regional and vintage characteristics.<BR><BR>Vineyards<BR>Our steepest and most &#8220;extreme&#8221; site for Chardonnay, the Portola Springs Vineyard produces seriously structured and intense Chardonnay. A few inches fractured sandstone and shale are all that separate the vines from gravel and bedrock. These meager soils and extreme exposure lead to some of the most unique and intriguing wines we make. This is always one of the last blocks to be picked at the winery.<BR><BR>Tasting Notes<BR>The 2006 Portola Springs Vineyard is a stunner. Piercing acidity, lemon extract and crushed rock are highlights of this fantastic bottling. This should age fabulously, but drinks really well at present. This is not a &#8220;cocktail&#8221; Chardonnay, its structure and power really demand food. 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