Mount Eden Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2020
Tasting Notes
Expected Release Date: Fall 2024
Production
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Tech Notes
Rain Total in 2020: 20.6 inches
Yield: 1.5 tons per acre
Harvest Dates: August 21st-26th, hand harvested
Numbers @ Harvest: 23.2° Brix, 3.30 pH, 8.5 grams acidity
Fermentation: 100% natural primary and secondary (malolactic) barrel fermentation
Barrel: 100% barrel aged in new and one-year-old old French Oak
Aging: 10 months in barrel, sur-lie;
Additional Aging: 15 barrels selected for Reserve program in July 2021; wine and lees stirred then aged an additional 12 months in stainless steel tank
Bottling: July 2022
Alcohol: 14%
Cases Produced: 504 cases- 750ml, 15 cases- 1500mlReviews