Iron Horse UnOaked Chardonnay 3-Pack

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3 - 2014 Iron Horse UnOaked Chardonnay 750ml

2014 Iron Horse UnOaked Chardonnay

The 2014 UnOaked Chardonnay is a pure expression of cool, foggy Green Valley. The wine is remarkably rich and elegant. With their bright acidity, UnOaked Chardonnays are worth holding onto as they age so beautifully.

By nose, a complex blend of stone fruit, green pear and pineapple. By mouth, balanced acidity, grapefruit, Gravenstein apple and minerality. Pairs beautufilly with crab cakes, salmon tartar, bacon wrapped scallops, prosciutto, whole wheat pasta and caper pesto. This is a great vegetable wine...especially heirloom tomatoes.

Artisanal Winemaking

All of our Chardonnay is handled one lot at a time. Only as the grapes arrive at the winery do we decide how to treat them. Sometimes it is straight to the press as whole clusters, while other times a cold soak might be necessary. All of the UnOaked Chardonnay had at least one hour of skin contact in the press to control acidity, to avoid fruit-reducing malolactic fermentation, and to extract bright aromatic and flavor compounds. We then follow with a cold stainless steel fermentation (between 60f and 63f) to retain esters, i.e., brightness, minerality and exotic fruit elements.

Precision Winegrowing

At Iron Horse "Estate Bottled" means that the winemaking begins in the vineyard. Our location in Green Valley represents the very best soil, climate and aspects for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Our goal is to grow the best winegrapes what we call "precision farming." All pruning, canopy management, irrigation and cover crop decisions are determined on a block-by-block (and sometimes even vine-by-vine) basis, considering both the vintage at hand and the long-term needs of the land.

Specs

For Sparkling and Still Wine, Precision Harvesting is Key: Our only rule is to make the best wines we can. We wait until harvest to decide sparkling or still, as the main difference is the brix level (or the amount of sugar in the grapes, less for sparklings, more for still). Then winemaker David Munksgard considers berry size (bigger is better for sparklings, smaller for still), the health of the canopy, clone selection, even small details such as the relative dampness of the cover crop can make a difference. If necessary, parts of a single block may be picked on different days.

Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Blend: 26% Rued Clone, 74% Hyde Old Wente Clone Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13.8% v/v
Acidity: .58 g/100ml
Residual Sugar: <0.2 g/100ml
pH: 3.20
Malolactic Fermentation: None
Barrels: None
Harvest Dates: August 19 – September 3, 2014
Date Bottled: July 15,28, 2015
Total Production: 2,230 Cases

Specs

Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
Blend: 26% Rued Clone, 74% Hyde Old Wente Clone Chardonnay
Alcohol: 13.8% v/v
Acidity: .58 g/100ml
Residual Sugar: <0.2 g/100ml
pH: 3.20
Malolactic Fermentation: None
Barrels: None
Harvest Dates: August 19 – September 3, 2014
Date Bottled: July 15,28, 2015
Total Production: 2,230 Cases

Vendor Details

Iron Horse

Owners:: Audrey, Barry, Joy & Laurence Sterling
Founded:: 1979
Location:: Sebastopol, CA

Iron Horse is one of Sonoma County's most prestigious, small, independent, estate, family owned wineries located in cool, foggy Green Valley. Iron Horse Sparkling Wines have been served at the White House for five consecutive presidential administrations, beginning with the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit Meeting in Geneva on November 20, 1985, which led to the end of the Cold War. Wine & Spirits Magazine has named Iron Horse Sparkling Winery of the Year nine times. From the beginning, Robert Parker has said, "These impressive Sparkling Wines...possess more texture and flavor than just about any sparkler I have tasted from California."

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