2017 EGW - Chardonnay
"A very complex and powerful chardonnay with ripe-nectarine, lemon and grapefruit aromas, laced with cool, stony notes, as well as flint and attractively restrained oak. The palate has mouthwatering, intense fruit with such attractively concentrated, pithy-grapefruit and white-peach flavors with beautifully wound flesh that pervades the crisp, long and gently toasty finish. Really superb chardonnay. Drink or hold."
97 points - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com Oregon 2019 Tasting Report
A barrel selection blend of Hyland, Anahata, Bunker Hill, and Chehalem Mountain Vineyard, the EGW "Extra Good White" is a complex, bright, yet silky expression of 100% Willamette Valley Chardonnay.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2017
Varietal
Chardonnay
Appellation
Willamette Valley
Acid
6.0
pH
3.30
Aging
17 months 20% new French oak barrels
Bottling Date
March 4, 2019
Alcohol %
13.3
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
A nose of floral bright spice and peach with a smooth, emollient, juicy texture.
Production Notes
"Black Chardonnay" method - pre-press crush with 12 hour skin contact, heavy long pressing with no sulfites added to the juice, short settling before going into barrel, ambient yeast fermentation, minimal intervention, no bâtonnage, minimal pre-bottling sulfites, minimal filtering / fining.