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2012 Stonestreet Chardonnay Upper Barn Alexander Valley

The Upper Barn is our most transporting Chardonnay, and the 2012 vintage is no exception. Stargazer lily, peach and a quiet spice note flood the nose, while the palate mirrors those qualities alongside a savory underpinning. The texture is filigreed, exhibiting that delicacy of fruit and a quartz-like transparency that only age and a superb site can bring to a wine.
Overview
American Viticultural Area (AVA): Alexander Valley, Sonoma County
Mountain Range: Mayacamas Mountains
Region: California’s North Coast
Predominant Geology: Sobrante Loam
Elevation: 1,800 feet
Vineyard Location: 76 miles north of San Francisco, 23 miles east of the Paci¬fic Ocean, 6 miles north of Healdsburg
Winemaker: Graham Weerts and Lisa Valtenbergs
Vineyard Manager: Gabriel Valencia
Key Blocks: 48A and 48B
Vine Spacing: 12 x 8 feet
Exposure of Slopes: Multiple
Year Planted: 1982
Rootstock: AXR
Clone: Hyde Wente
Winemaking Data
Fermentation: 100% barrel fermented with native yeast, malolactic
Barrel Aging: 10 months French oak, 50% new
Date of Bottling: August 2013
Quantities Bottled: 686 cases
Alcohol: 14.5%
TA: 0.55 h/100mL
pH: 3.5
97 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate One of my favorites is the 2012 Chardonnay Upper Barn, which boasts remarkable intensity as well as lots of tropical fruit, a stony-like minerality, and a full-bodied, layered mouthfeel. This is a multi-dimensional, profound Chardonnay (as it often was when made by Helen Turley) from a vineyard planted with an Old Wente clone as well as the Hyde clone of Chardonnay. It should drink well for 5-6 years. Stonestreet’s wines continue to go from strength to strength under the direction of South African winemaker Graham Weerts. The Chardonnays are spectacular... All five Chardonnays are brilliant, 100% Chardonnays fermented with indigenous yeasts in the barrel and aged ten months in anywhere from 45% to 100% new French oak. The results are stunning. The wines are all more similar than dissimilar, but I will try to articulate their minor differences. (RP) (12/2013)
List Price: $97.50
Quantity in Stock: 1
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