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2003 Chardonnay, Hyde Vineyard, Carneros

Awards & Accolades

Vintages
-2009 -2008 -2007

BLEND
100% Chardonnay

VINEYARDS
Hyde Vineyard

APPELLATION
Carneros

WINEMAKING

Whole-cluster pressed
100% fermented in French oak barrels
100% fermented with native yeast
100% complete malolactic fermentation
Aged on the lees, stirred monthly
Bottled unfiltered

BARREL AGING
17 months in 100% French oak barrels from Burgundian coopers (50% new)

ALCOHOL
14.5% by volume

RELEASE DATE
May, 2006

BOTTLING DATE
April, 2005

PRODUCTION
394 cases

CELLARING
Three years from release to reach maturity, with a plateau for another five years after that.

WINEMAKER'S NOTES
This Chardonnay was grown by Larry Hyde in a block of his Carneros vineyard planted to a mix of flavorful, aromatic clones. Tropical fruit notes combine with flavors reminiscent of baked apple resulting from barrel fermentation by native yeast in French oak. The wine was in barrels on light lees until racking and bottling in April of 2005.