Iron Horse Ocean Reserve Sparkling 3-Pack
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Features
2009 Iron Horse Ocean Reserve Sparkling 750ml 3-Pack
This vintage is a real beauty that shows the Iron Horse signature of balanced elegance. It speaks to our proximity to the Pacific with its bright, clean, crisp, rich and intricate flavors. Particularly lovely is the texture, which is soft and silky. We have chosen the ocean as our focus as the ocean drives the special microclimate that allows us to make bubblies on this level of complexity and finesse and the health of the ocean is essential to all of us.
Artisanal Winemaking: What makes this cuvee unique is that it s a blend of five Chardonnay clones, Clone 4 CHW-6, AH96, AH76 and Stony Hill, from four different blocks. The dosage for this wine is 6 mls of Blanc de Blanc LEX (100% Chardonnay), and 4 mls of our 2011 Rued Clone Chardonnay.
Precision Winegrowing: At Iron Horse "Estate Bottled" means that the winemaking begins in the vineyard. Our location in Green Valley, only a dozen miles from the Pacific Coast, represents the very best soil, climate and aspects for Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Our goal is to grow the best winegrapes we should be growing through what we call "precision winegrowing." 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
Winery Retail Price: $135.00
Average Shipping: $15.00
Woot Shipping: (-$5.00)
Total MSRP: $145.00
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 only 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 the same block may be picked on different days.
Tasting Notes & Food Pairings: By nose, green apple, honeysuckle, lime and autolysed yeast. By mouth lime, green apple, honeysuckle and hazelnut. In the spirit of supporting ocean conservancy, best food pairings.
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
- Blend: 100% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5% v/v
- Acidity: .81 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.44 g/100ml
- pH: 2.89
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: 90% barrel fermented in older french oak
- Harvest Dates: Ausgtu 29 - September 14, 2009
- Date Bottled: July 2010
- Release Date: Current disgorging March 2014
- Total Production: 1000 Cases
Specs
Winery Retail Price: $135.00
Average Shipping: $15.00
Woot Shipping: (-$5.00)
Total MSRP: $145.00
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 only 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 the same block may be picked on different days.
Tasting Notes & Food Pairings: By nose, green apple, honeysuckle, lime and autolysed yeast. By mouth lime, green apple, honeysuckle and hazelnut. In the spirit of supporting ocean conservancy, best food pairings.
- Appellation: Green Valley of Russian River Valley, Sonoma County
- Blend: 100% Chardonnay
- Alcohol: 13.5% v/v
- Acidity: .81 g/100ml
- Residual Sugar: 0.44 g/100ml
- pH: 2.89
- Malolactic Fermentation: None
- Barrels: 90% barrel fermented in older french oak
- Harvest Dates: Ausgtu 29 - September 14, 2009
- Date Bottled: July 2010
- Release Date: Current disgorging March 2014
- Total Production: 1000 Cases
Vendor Details
Iron Horse
- Owners:
- Audrey, Barry, Joy and 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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