Hartford Stone Cote Chardonnay 2018

Sale $49.99

Beats Best US Price by $10 per bottle!!!

95 pts Wine Advocate 

100% French oak, 15% new, 15 months. 3.44 pH. TA 5.0 g/L. For stat geeks like me, these figures tell me high (relative) acidity for a Chardonnay. Which it needs to support the 14.6% alc. Also, that's not a lot of new oak... so fruit flavors will be bright and piercing! Delicious stuff!

And did I point out? $10 less than the Best US Price Online!

"The 2018 Chardonnay Stone Côte was 100% barrel fermented in French oak barrels, 32% new, and aged for 15 months. It offers a very pretty perfume of honeysuckle, mandarin peel, candied ginger and lemongrass with a core of white peaches, pears and grapefruit. Medium-bodied, elegantly styled and with great freshness, it finishes long and mineral laced. 350 cases were made." WA

"The Stone Côte Vineyard is a small vineyard block within the well-known Durell Vineyard, that sits upon an ancient riverbed at the southern end of the Sonoma Coast AVA. The vineyard’s topography was shaped eons ago by a river flowing through volcanic and sedimentary rock on its way to the San Pablo Bay. Tumbled and water-worn river rocks now litter the landscape, and very little topsoil remains. The nutritionally challenged soils force the vines to search deeply for nutrients and water, and as a result, the stressed vines yield very small clusters with intense varietal flavors. Climatically, this vineyard site is characterized by relatively cool daytime temperatures and maritime breezes, which marry with the low-fertility soils to create an ideal site for growing Chardonnay. The wine’s flinty aromas and mineral-laden finish are a reflection of this vineyard’s intrinsic terroir." winery note


Or reply. The wine is available now in Chapel Hill. Wednesday, as ordered, in Hillsborough.