2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #1 Dry (Current White Wines) -- THE OJAI VINEYARD Shopping Cart -- Dry #1 Bottling Special HILLS SOLOMON 2006

<H1>2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #1 Dry -- THE OJAI VINEYARD Shopping Cart</H1> $40.00 -- 2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #1 Botrytis Dry wine We made four chardonnays from Solomon Hills in 2006 just to confuse you--or perhaps us! This is one of two that came about because of extraordinary conditions in the vineyard. In 2006 I was astonished to see botrytis mold growing perfectly on the Solomon Hills Chardonnay--a rare occurrence. Botrytis is the agent that allows French and German winemakers to make the most celebrated dessert wines in the world. Besides concentrating flavors and sugars naturally in grapes, it contributes a wonderful honeyed and apricot aroma and flavor to wines. While in this case I was sure the botrytis was a good thing, to be extra careful, the effected clusters were picked ahead of the main harvest of chardonnay, and fermented separately. The result was so dramatic that we bottled it as a special lot. Although completely dry, this wine has an incredible concentration of flavor and richness--and it has interesting honeyed complexities that only botrytis can give. Full throttled, because the botrytis concentrated the flavors, yet light on its feet because the acidity is concentrated as well. We were so excited by this wine we went back to the vineyard manager at Solomon Hills and asked him if there were other buyers that did not want their botrytis effected grapes so we could make a sweet dessert wine. See my notes on the special bottling #2 for the results of that quest. <LI>SKU: 06CHSHSPECIAL Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Category9" TITLE="Current White Wines">Current White Wines</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product60 TITLE="2007 KICK ON Riesling">2007 KICK ON Riesling</A> -- 2007 KICK ON Riesling <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product50 TITLE="2007 BIEN NACIDO Chardonnay">2007 BIEN NACIDO Chardonnay</A> -- 2007 BIEN NACIDO Chardonnay <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product63 TITLE="2007 SOLOMON HILLS Chardonnay">2007 SOLOMON HILLS Chardonnay</A> -- 2007 SOLOMON HILLS Chardonnay <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product40 TITLE="2006 CLOS PEPE Chardonnay">2006 CLOS PEPE Chardonnay</A> -- 2006 CLOS PEPE Chardonnay <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product41 TITLE="2007 VIOGNIER ICE WINE">2007 VIOGNIER ICE WINE</A> -- 2007 VIOGNIER ICE WINE <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/ojai/Product16 TITLE="2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #2 Dessert">2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #2 Dessert</A> -- 2006 SOLOMON HILLS Special Bottling #2 Botrytis Dessert wine <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/ojai" TITLE="THE OJAI VINEYARD Products">THE OJAI VINEYARD Products</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">pinot noir</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">syrah</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">sauvignon blanc</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">chardonnay</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">grenache</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">california wine</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">ojai wine</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">best california pinot</A> <A HREF="http://WWW.OJAIVINEYARD.COM">best wine value</A> THE OJAI VINEYARD <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal