Apples, bananas and sweet Texas pink grapefruit highlight the aroma with subtle hints of orange blossoms and caramel. Crisp green apples, fig, key lime and mango flavors dominate this wine with underlying notes of banana and butterscotch. There is a nice lingering flavor of honey and mineral. Serve this lively and juicy Chardonnay with fruit and cheese, ceviche, or calamari as an appetizer or with a main course of shellfish or fish tacos.
Blend: 100% Chardonnay
Production: 797 cases
2010 was one of the coolest vintages in Russian River Valley history except for one intense heat wave prior to harvest. Our growers hand selected fruit grown only on the shady side to ensure that the best tasting fruit was brought to the winery.
Our Mossback chardonnay is grown in the heart of Russian River Valley AVA at Dutton Mill Station. Determining when to pick is the most critical decision to make in this cool region. Oftentimes the fruit does not fully mature until November and we have to constantly worry about rain and frost. But when Mother Nature cooperates, we get the most intensely flavored wine around. We cold ferment 80% of this wine to preserve and enhance the zesty fruity character, and barrel ferment the remainder to add subtle oak and vanilla richness. We also blend a small amount of our Dunnigan Hills chardonnay to increase complexity and add tropical notes.
