Chardonnay Arroyo Seco

$ 24.00 $ 30.00

Chardonnay is a chameleon – readily taking on the character of its growing site and winemaking technique. This limited-production release is sourced from a single estate vineyard in the heart of Monterey's Arroyo Seco winegrowing region, where persistent ocean winds cool the vines throughout the growing season, lengthening hang time and producing fruit with lovely, vibrant acidity and juicy concentrated flavors Chardonnay. This release was sourced from our Clark and Gravelstone estate vineyards, planted to Chardonnay clones Rued, 4 and 76 – giving us a lovely, layered complexity in the glass. Look for generous aromas of citrus and spice, with tropical flavors on the palate. Just 1926 cases produced.

 

"Juicy and complex, the 2012 Arroyo Seco Chardonnay offers a generous nose filled with Key lime, baking spice, peach blossom and caramel, while the expansive palate introduces layers of cantaloupe, tropical fruit and marzipan, underscored with the distinct impression of wet river stone. The broad mid-palate texture is balanced 2012 by the vibrant citrus character and natural acidity.”
-Elizabeth Grant Douglas, Winemaker