Chalone Estate Chardonnay 1999
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The Wine
A long, cold growing season with intense heat at harvest created a classical Chalone Chardonnay. This is the type of Chardonnay that created the benchmarks thirty years ago. Unlike 1998, which exhibited atypical tropical fruit, the 1999 has a warm stone fruit flavor of apricot, and pears with multi-layered impressions of French oak and
slow malolactic fermentation, which added toasty / vanilla notes. This wine is pure Chalone, hazelnuts and mineral from our unique terroir are in tension with the fruit characters of our multi-clone, multi-faceted estate vineyards. This wine goes with just about anything. Poached salmon, chicken, veal, or pasta would be great. Foods with intense flavors are recommended for this wine. It is really Delicious. -Dan Karlsen, Winemaker
The Growing Region - Central Coast
The largest of California's wine growing regions, the Central Coast produces the majority of California's wine. The district sprawls out, covering most of the vineyard land between San Francisco and Santa Barbara. Smaller sub-AVAs of the region include Monterey Bay, Paso Robles, Santa Ynez Valley, Santa Maria Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains and many others.
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Notable Facts:
Grape varieties range all over – from Pinot Noir and Chardonnay to Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel. Some central coast wine is generic bulk wine that contributes to the high production numbers of the area. But many winemakers and wineries are small production and create unique and high-quality wine.
About California:
It's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. While it must settle for being only a state, that does not affect the high quality and diversity of its wines.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but watch out, because Sonoma County is catching up to its overshadowing neighbor. Down south, the Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is finding that some Rhne style grapes and even Pinot and Chardonnay are able to do well. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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