Eden Rift Vineyards - Reserve Chardonnay 2018 (750ml)

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Producer	Eden Rift Vineyards
Country	United States
Region	Central Coast
Subregion	Cienega Valley
Varietal	Chardonnay
Vintage	2018
Sku	119561
Size	750ml
ABV	13.80%

Eden Rift Vineyards Description

Jeb Dunnuck92pt
Robert Parker91pt

Tasting notes

A selection of 4 barrels were called out for Eden Rift's Reserve Chardonnay. All from block A, the fruit was hand-harvested at night on the first day of october. At the winery, the grapes were whole-cluster pressed with the resulting juice transferred to a holding tank for cold-settling. Following 24 hours of settling the juice was racked to French oak barrels (25% new) for fermentation. Fermented on native yeast, the wine was aged "sue-lie" for over 10 months before being bottled.

Estate

Under Vine Since 1849 – Eden Rift is the oldest continuously producing estate vineyard in California. Located just 20 miles from the Monterey Bay, the 120-acre estate rests on the San Andreas Faultline and is part of the Cienega Valley AVA. Early vintners saw potential in the limestone and dolomite-rich soil, planting Pinot Noir on the estate in 1860. Post prohibition, the focus on Pinot Noir & Chardonnay was lost until 2016 when Christian Pillsbury acquired the estate. Christian assembled a team of young industry professionals starting with winemaker Cory Waller to once again create some of California’s most vivid energetic Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The extreme terraces and diverse terroir in a single contiguous valley make California’s oldest estate vineyard one of its most exciting new projects.

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