The Tasting Panel Publisher's Picks, June 2011
The Tasting Panel's Publisher and Executive Editor, Meredith May, selects Presqu'ile 2009 Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay as one of her favorite wines this month with a score of 95 points!
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Presqu'ile: "The most exciting new winery" - Vinography, May 14th, 2011
I'm wandering around the grand tasting tent at the World of Pinot Noir conference, focusing, as I often do, on a combination of wines that I know well, and those that I've never heard of. I walk up to a table with an unfamiliar label, get a little something poured into my glass, lift it up to my nose, and WHAM! It's like I've been slapped upside the head and my senses have just kicked into overdrive. All of a sudden I'm hyper-aware and focused on this delicious experience: a wine that grabs me by the lapels, shakes me...
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Vineyards:
60% Soloman Hills, 40% Bien Nacido
Harvest:
September 20-26, 2009
Composition:
100% Chardonnay - 40% Clone 4, 30% Clone 96, 30% Clone 95
Aging:
14 months in French oak barrels, 8% new
Total Acidity:
7.25 g/L
Alcohol:
14.2%
Dijon clones 95 and 96 from Solomon Hills provide a supple base with bright acidity and tropical and citrus notes. Our winemaking is minimalist: cold fermentation with native yeast, aging in neutral French oak and lees stirring twice a week for six months.