Pride Vineyard Mountain Chardonnay
| Vintage: | 2020 |
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| Description: | Winemaker Notes\r\n\r\nThe pretty flavors are dominated by quince and Bosc pear with nuances of beeswax, marjoram and gardenia adding intrigue and a lovely minerality persisting throughout. A pleasing tension between viscosity and acidity plays out on the palate with the bright acidity emerging triumphant. This flavorful, fresh, balanced wine represents everything they are aiming for in chardonnay at Pride Mountain Vineyards. It slowly unfurls to reveal notes of key lime pie, yuzu and lemongrass, plus minerally suggestions of wet pebbles, chalk dust and brine. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers exhilarating tension and a zippy backbone, breaking through to fantastic citrusy intensity and a long chalky finish.\r\n1,945 cases were made \r\nRobert Parker 92 Points\r\nAbout Pride Mountain Vineyards\r\nOur goal is to make intensely flavored wines that reflect and honor our unique growing situation at 2100\u2019 elevation.\u00a0 Our vineyards mainly face south and are above the fog layer which results in vines bathed in sunshine from morning to evening throughout the growing season.\u00a0 Our morning low temperatures are much higher than in the surrounding valleys while our afternoon high temperatures are much lower.\u00a0 Due to this, our vines are physiologically active for most of each 24-hour period during the ripening season even if the grapes do not ripen faster than in the valleys due to our cooler afternoon temperatures.\u00a0 These distinct growing conditions result in big red wines that are on the black-fruit side of the ripeness spectrum but that nonetheless are loaded with varietal character and a nice amount of acidity on the finish.\u00a0 The\u00a0viognier\u00a0and\u00a0chardonnay\u00a0have mid-palate richness due to all of our sunshine but are able to maintain acidity and excitement on the finish.\u00a0 Our whites are distinguished by having a strong flavor intensity while simultaneously remaining fresh and lively in the mouth.\r\nOverall, our winemaking practices are traditional, even as they continue to evolve, and are designed to let the terroir signatures of the grapes be present in the finished wines.\u00a0 The\u00a0Bordeaux\u00a0varieties of red grapes are 100% destemmed and fermented over a two-week period in stainless steel before being racked to 50% neutral and 50% new French barrels where they age for roughly 18 months with racking every 4 months.\u00a0 An exception is the\u00a0syrah\u00a0that is only partially destemmed and is aged in 100% neutral barrels.\u00a0 Each harvested lot of red grapes is vinified separately and kept in separate lots for the first 8 months in barrel.\u00a0 Blending of each of our red wines then takes place across the summer following harvest; this practice allows the blends to integrate in barrel and take on their full personality over the 10 months that follow prior to bottling.\u00a0 The\u00a0chardonnay\u00a0and\u00a0viognier\u00a0are pressed as whole clusters and racked clean without air exposure until fermentation begins in barrel.\u00a0 The\u00a0chardonnay\u00a0is harvested at 21 to 23 Brix, sees roughly 20% new French oak and has the malolactic fermentation arrested after roughly 30% completion.\u00a0 The viognier is harvested at 23 to 25 Brix to allow the stone-fruit flavor intensity to be fully present, sees only neutral French oak and is not allowed to go through malolactic fermentation at all. \u00a0We want our whites to exhibit verve and excitement in the mouth.\r\nOne measure we use in house for defining success with the wines is identifying them in the regular blind tastings we conduct.\u00a0 Due to their distinct high-elevation, warm-morning, cool-afternoon textural and flavor characteristics that cannot be found anywhere else in the world, we expect our wines to be distinct not only from other wines made on different continents but from the same varietals here in California and from vineyards only miles away from us. |
| Price: | $ 49.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from BASSER’S Fine Wine
| Address: |
6240 Coral Ridge Drive Coral Springs, FL 33076 United States |
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| Telephone (regular): | 954-840-3122 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 31, 2023.
