Description
Private Reserve Chardonnay
Varietal: Chardonnay
Tasting Notes:
This award-winning wine is golden in color with earthy aromas and flavors of butterscotch and honey followed by a lingering spicy finish.
Pair with: Lobster bisque, butternut squash risotto or sizzling shrimp scampi.
Awards:
GOLD | 2016 Great Northwest Wine Invitational (2015 vintage)
SILVER | 2016 Idaho Wine Competition (2015 vintage)
GOLD | 2015 Great Northwest Wine Invitational (2013 vintage)
SILVER | 2015 Sunset International Wine Competition (2013 vintage)
SILVER | 2015 Idaho Wine Competition (2014 vintage)
SILVER | 2013 Idaho Wine Competition (2012 vintage)
BRONZE | 2012 Idaho Wine Competition (2011 vintage)
SILVER | 2011 Idaho Wine Competition (2010 vintage)
Specs:
| Composition Notes | 100% Chardonnay |
| Vineyards | Sawtooth Block 52 |
| Release Date | 2020 |
| Cases Produced | 283 |
| Growing Season Notes | A cool, wet spring led to a slow start of the 2019 growing season. The mild summer provided consistent, even ripening without extreme heat. An early frost brought an abrupt end to the season in Mid-October. But lower yields and a perfect summer brought out a complex, balanced and nuanced 2019 vintage. |
| Composition Notes | 100% Chardonnay |
| Vineyards | Sawtooth Block 38 |
| Release Date | July 2016 |
| Cases Produced | 146 |
| Growing Season Notes | As a whole, the 2015 vintage yielded high quality but limited quantity fruit. Most producers viewed it as a “winemaker’s vintage”; beautiful fruit with enough variation and weather events to encourage the craft of creative wine production–an environment made for the Chardonnay varietal. An early spring, plus warm summer temperatures with consistently cool nights, provided a familiar backdrop for growing. Chardonnay harvest was brought in at a similar harvest date to previous vintages. |
