2017 Chardonnay
Virginia
Stainless Steel fermented
Winemaker Notes:
The stainless steel chardonnay is characterized with upfront
fresh fruit notes of pear, peach and granny smith apples. The fresh fruit notes
are enhanced by the bright lemon/lime character that give the wine a lovely
bright affect. The wine has a clean fruit forward mid palate that carries
through to the finish. I really like the
crisp clean fruit forward notes of this wine and believe it will be a great
addition to any chardonnay line up.
Vintage:
A mild winter and a warmer Spring were the perfect
conditions for an early bud break. The
Summer months were a bit warmer, approximately 5 degrees on average, and not as
much rain also helped to create a great vintage with an abundance of
grapes. The humidity seemed to be a bit
less as well helping to create very good growing conditions. In the Fall we did not see too much rain and
the weather was very mild to warm.
Overall 2017 was the best vintage I have experienced in Virginia
Blend
100% Chardonnay
Harvest
Mt. Juliet Vineyards Chardonnay was harvested on 28th
August at 21.6 brix, 3.55 pH and 6.24 TA.
Amrhein Vieyards Chardonnay was harvested on 20th August at
18.5 brix, 3.45 pH and 6.84 TA.
Vineyard Source:
Mt Juliet Farms, Cerozet,
Virginia – 81%
Amrhein Vineyards, Bent Mtn, Virginia – 19%
Fermentation
Mt. Juliet
Chardonnay was fermented in stainless steel with Ferm 3C yeast for over 1
month. Amrhein Vineyards was fermented
with D254 yeast in stainless steel for over 1 month. Both chardonnays did not receive any ML
inoculation.
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Aging
The wine was aged in stainless steel tanks.
Bottling Date
13 March 2018 – 1,192 cases
Release Date
30 March 2018
Technical
Information
12.4% Alc
3.45 pH
0.652g/L TA
0.10 RS (dry)
