Tasting Notes

Release Date: Spring 2021

This vineyard was planted in 1976 by Andy MacGregor, who was a pioneer in Edna Valley’s wine scene. It was a stroke of good fortune when, way back in 1985, we started working with this vineyard. We have purchased fruit from this special place ever since.

Edna Valley is a unique wine appellation. Right next to the Pacific Ocean, the hills here run perpendicular to the shore which funnels the cool ocean air deeper into the valley. This cooling effect creates the longest growing season for Chardonnay in California—budbreak is typically in March, while harvests occur in late October.

With that exceptionally long growing season comes beautiful complexity: Lemon, coconut, lanolin, fresh-baked bread aromas in the nose. Full-bodied on the palate with flavors echoing the nose and a lasting finish—an excellent vintage from this vineyard.

Production

4,256

Tech Notes

Yield: 2.1 tons per acre

Harvest: October 22nd - 26th

Numbers @ Harvest: 21.7° Brix, 3.50 pH, 7.2 grams acidity

Barrel Regimen: Mix of French & American Oak--2 to 5 years 100% Barrel Fermented; 100% Malolactic; 100% sur-lie

Bottling: June 2019

Alcohol: 13.5%

Reviews

94 points Robert Parker Jr's The Wine Advocate - February 2021, Week 1

The 2018 Chardonnay Wolff Vineyard from Edna Valley is pure, energetic and fresh this vintage. The nose is lovely, loaded with floral perfume and ripe citrus fruits. The palate is silky and expansive with a shimmering mineral character and a long, pure finish. It improved over the two to three days it was open and will benefit from a long decant. —E. B

92 points Antonio Galloni presents Vinous - September 9, 2020

The 2018 Chardonnay Wolff Vineyard is bright, nuanced and so expressive. Lemon peel, tangerine oil, dried flowers, chamomile and orchard fruit accents give the 2018 a striking sense of translucence. Bright and sculpted, the 2018 is outright fabulous. This old-vine, low-yielding site produces a Chardonnay of real distinction. Harvest took place in late October.