Vintage Chart

Saratoga Cuvee Chardonnay 2004

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YEAR: 2004
PRODUCTION: 1,435

REVIEWS:

Robert Parker Jr's The Wine Advocate

92 points - August 2006

Issue # 166

Offering terrific minerality along with notes of pears, white peaches, earth and background oak, this intense, medium to full-bodied, rich Chardonnay possesses good underlying minerality as well as acidity.

TASTING NOTES:

Release Date: Spring 2007

Grown at Mount Eden with the same care and attention to detail as our Estate Chardonnay, we selected these barrels to reflect our appellation rather than the estate.

TECH NOTES:

  • Yield: 2.6 tons per acre
  • Harvest: August 21st-September 4th
  • Numbers @ Harvest: 24.6° Brix, 8.2 grams acidity, 3.6 pH
  • Barrel Regimen: French barrels 1/2 new; aged 10 months sur lie, full Malolactic
  • Bottling: July 2005
  • Alcohol: 13.8%