Russian River Chardonnay

The former farther from the ocean is relatively warm with a focus on red and white bordeaux varieties.

Russian river chardonnay. Vines range in age from three to 35 years and are planted to a variety of dijon and uc davis clones. It was barrel fermented and aged 10 months in 33 new french oak. Wine advocate russian river valley sonoma ca the 2006 chardonnay russian river is a beauty. The russian river valley ava is an american viticultural area ava in sonoma county california centered on the russian river the russian river valley ava accounts for about one sixth of the total planted vineyard acreage in sonoma county.

It opens with toast fresh pear and apple fruit with notes of lemon cream honeysuckle pie crust and sweet spices. Shopping ideas related to russian river chardonnay list. The final blend of jordan chardonnay begins with roughly a dozen different vineyard blocks from five sites on the east side of the russian river with gravelly well drained soils. The russian river valley in sonoma county is one of the greatest areas in the world for pinot noir and chardonnay.

Read about the climate of this appellation with insights from winemaker theresa. Russian river valley what i love most about growing and producing chardonnay in the russian river valley is the diversity of the fruit that is grown here. Inman family wines is best known for pinot noir and pinot gris the varietals grown at the inman s olivet grange estate vineyard. The area generally lies between sebastopol and santa rosa in the south and.

From east to west and north to south you get completely different fruit producing different styles of wine one being lush and rich with texture and the other style being very. The latter is the coolest foggiest parcel of the russian river valley and is responsible for outstanding pinot noir and chardonnay. In 2008 winemaker kathleen inman decided to try her hand at the other classic burgundian varietal chardonnay. Peak organic beer this beer was just fine and really i mean it s fine types of sweet wine sweet but.

The appellation was granted ava status in 1983 and enlarged in 2005. Inman family 2016 russian river valley chardonnay. The 2017 chardonnay russian river valley is sourced from seven vineyards across the appellation. 94points hartford court 2018 chardonnay russian river valley editors choice this is an outstanding appellation wine made in larger quantities at a remarkably fair price.

The exposed gravel deposits of these vineyards help give jordan chardonnay its elegance minerality and lush.