Ojai Vineyard Chardonnay Solomon Hills Vineyard 2006

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Winery:

The Ojai Vineyard

Varietal:

Chardonnay

Region:

USA > California > Santa Barbara County > Santa Maria Valley

Type:

White Wine

Color:

Drink Dates:

Drink Now - 2012

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What to Expect

Chardonnay is America's most popular grape and with good reason. Made in styles that range from steely, mineral laced wines with crisp green apple fruit to wines that are buttery, rich, and laden with tropical fruits, there is a Chardonnay that will appeal to every palate. Chardonnay is most closely associated with France's Burgundy region and California's Northern valleys though it has proven successful around the globe.

Winemakers Notes

2006 CHARDONNAY SOLOMON HILLS
Santa Maria Valley

Most of the time I just sit on the mountain here, contemplate my navel, and generally meditate on the meaning of wine. Lately though, I have been obsessing about what people think of what we're making. It might seem compromising, but it can be stimulating to get other people's views.

And so…this fellow I had never met before came by and tasted through the cellar with me. At once I realized he had a great palate, and he knew what he liked. So it vexed me no end when he tasted this wine and thought it was perfectly read more...fine yet not particularly interesting. Oh well. I comforted myself with the thought that I presented him with something so interestingly outside the box that he didn't get it.

I love the fine fruit and excellent balance this vineyard gives. Solomon Hills is on the western edge of the Santa Maria Valley Appellation so it's climatically very cool. Planted to the Dijon clones of chardonnay, it has none of the typical California style of tropical fruitiness. It is all lemon curd, piney and minerally-making it a great match with seafood.    (hide)

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