Winemaker's Notes:
Vineyards
Grapes for the 2019 Napa Cellars Chardonnay were selected from vineyards in renowned Chardonnay locations including south Napa Valley and Carneros. The proximity of these vineyards to the fog and breeze from San Francisco and Marin Bay creates a cooler climate, which is ideal for growing Chardonnay. These coastal effects also allow for a longer growing season, giving the fruit more time on the vine and helping produce energetic acidity and flavorful fruit.
Harvest
The 2019 growing season offered superlative growing conditions with abundant rain continuing into late spring. Plenty of sunshine and moderate temperatures throughout the spring and summer led up to a harvest with great crop quality.
Winemaking
At Napa Cellars, the Chardonnay grapes are carefully hand-picked, harvested and crushed. Fermented and aged in 100% French oak barrels, 32% of which were new, this wine completes 88% malolactic fermentation and undergoes lees stirring for seven months.
FOOD PAIRING
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