| Rating |
Wine Advocate 89 points (Dec 2009)
The 2007 Chardonnay Reserve Los Carneros exhibits good pear, honeysuckle, and apple notes in a lush, medium-bodied style. Drink it over the next 1-2 years. |
| Wine maker notes |
| We selected all of the grapes for this wine from the finest sections of our Beaulieu Vineyard Ranches No. 9 and No. 8 in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area (AVA). These sections consistently yield exceptional grapes due to site (exposure, mesoclimate and soils), clones and cultivation techniques. The vines are grafted to a selection of Dijon clones that yield small berries for intensely flavored wine. Winemaker Domenica Totty says that she waits to harvest these Chardonnay grapes until their nectarine character changes to ripe peach, their green apple character turns to golden apple and their floral jasmine notes become honeyed.
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