Reserve Chardonnay 2020

Vintage Chart > Mount Eden Vineyards > Reserve Chardonnay

YEAR: 2020
PRODUCTION: 519

REVIEWS:

TASTING NOTES:

Expected Release Date: Fall 2024

 

TECH NOTES:

  • Rain Total in 2020: 20.6 inches
  • Yield: 1.5 tons per acre
  • Harvest Dates: August 21st-26th, hand harvested
  • Numbers @ Harvest: 23.2° Brix, 3.30 pH, 8.5 grams acidity
  • Fermentation: 100% natural primary and secondary (malolactic) barrel fermentation
  • Barrel: 100% barrel aged in new and one-year-old old French Oak
  • Aging: 10 months in barrel, sur-lie;
  • Additional Aging: 15 barrels selected for Reserve program in July 2021; wine and lees stirred then aged an additional 12 months in stainless steel tank
  • Bottling: July 2022
  • Alcohol: 14%
  • Cases Produced: 504 cases- 750ml, 15 cases- 1500ml