2007 Cakebread Reserve Napa Chardonnay

2007 Cakebread Reserve Napa Chardonnay

Vineyards The grapes for our 2006 Reserve Chardonnay were harvested from several outstanding vineyards in the cool-climate Carneros district of Napa Valley, with 55% of the fruit coming from our Foster Road and Milton Road estate vineyards. The wine also is a blend of six different French Dijon clones of Chardonnay, which account for its wonderful perfume and flavor intensity. In 2006, an especially cool growing season in California, our Carneros Chardonnay grapes were harvested between September 26th and October 7th.

Our 2007 Napa Valley Reserve Chardonnay boasts fragrant sweet apple, ginger and melon aromas with complex, accompanying scents of citrus zest, mineral, vanilla cream, yeast and toasty oak. On the full-bodied, beautifully structured palate, the wine delivers succulent, deeply concentrated, creamy apple, melon, lemon-lime and peach flavors that persist throughout a long, bright, mineral- and ginger-laced finish. With great reserves of fruit, vibrant acidity and perfectly balanced oak tones, this luxurious, cool-climate Napa Valley Chardonnay makes delicious drinking now, but will handsomely reward five to seven years of cellaring.