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It’s good
to be a master of your domain. For David Ramey that domain is Chardonnay. Long
considered one of the masters of Chardonnay in California Ramey has seven
iterations of Chardonnays to offer. His 2016 Ford Ross Seaview Chardonnay is
the ninth vintage he has produced using this fruit, but the first to labeled as
such, and offers amazing aromatic complexity. Not only do you get delicate
caramel and butterscotch, but you get this bright acidity that opens up to
notes of lemon verbena, lime kefir and mandarin orange. There are back notes of
guava, white peach, sugared almond and amber with a hint of spring wildflowers.
This is all Chardonnay, a smattering however of different clones. The wine was pressed
whole cluster, which adds a bit more structure and appropriate tannin from the
stems, and aged one year with just 12% new French oak. Immensely food compatible,
this Chardonnay hits all the right notes. 3,017 cases.
ORIGIN:
Fort
Ross-Seaview, Sonoma Coast, California
ALCOHOL: 14.5%
PRICE: $42/ 750ML
SCORE: 90 POINTS
Michael, thank you!
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