2013 Arnot-Roberts Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Les Grandes Vignes Aging: Aged for a couple

Aging: Aged for a couple of months in bottle before release

These details can have a noticeable influence on the wines

non-chill filtered and bottled at a cask strength

Vinification: Whole cluster Noiret was foot tread

10% Malvasia Fina

2013 Arnot-Roberts Trout Gulch Vineyard Chardonnay Santa Cruz Mountains, USA 1.5L Magnum Les Grandes Vignes Aging: Aged for a coupleThe Trout Gulch vineyard sits at 800 above the tiny town of Aptos, about 4 miles from the ocean in Santa Cruz county. The site was planted in 1980 to the old Wente clone of Chardonnay which is considered by many to be the heritage selection of Chardonnay in California. The soils in this cool climate site are sandy loam and the vines are carefully tended by Richard Alfaro. Harvest often stretches until mid October and the resulting wines are high in