Alma de Cattleya Chardonnay 2017

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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2017

Size
750ML

ABV
14.1%

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Winemaker Notes

These Chardonnay grapes were grown along the rolling hills of Sonoma County vineyards. The cold, foggy mornings slowly ripened the grapes, capturing the essence of this varietal: great texture, intense fruity aromatics, and ample acidity. Late summer vegetables such as red peppers, corn, butternut squash, and pumpkin. Salmon fish cakes and fish pâtés and lightly cooked shellfish such as crab and prawns. Mild poultry and pork dishes with asparagus. Risottos, cream-based vegetable soups, rich sauces and other dishes with a silky texture.

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    The 2017 Chardonnay has soft notes of white peach, Meyer lemon and baker’s yeast with notes of hay, hazelnut and spring blossoms. Light to medium-bodied, it's laser-precise on the entry, fleshing out beautifully to stone fruits and honey nut accents, with tangy acidity and a pleasant touch of texture on the finish. Yum!
    Rating: 91+
  • 91

    Coming mostly from the Russian River, with small parts from Sonoma Coast and Carneros, the 2017 Chardonnay was brought up 15% new oak for 15 months. It has classy, rich notes of white flowers, brioche, honeysuckle, and a touch of minerality. Rounded, supple, beautifully textured, and long, it's a smoking value.

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Alma de Cattleya, California
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Bibiana González Rave crafts her Alma de Cattleya wines as high-quality offerings representing the uniqueness of Northern California: Sonoma and Napa County. Alma means “soul” in Spanish—and Cattleya is the national flower of her native country, Colombia. These wines are the perfect accompaniment to everyday meals and relaxing moments.
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One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.

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Home to a diverse array of smaller AVAs with varied microclimates and soil types, Sonoma County has something for every wine lover. Physically twice as large as Napa Valley, the region only produces about half the amount of wine but boasts both tremendous quality and variety. With its laid-back atmosphere and down-to-earth attitude, the wineries of Sonoma are appreciated by wine tourists for their friendliness and approachability. The entire county intends to become a 100% sustainable winegrowing region by 2019.

Sonoma County wines are produced with carefully selected grape varieties to reflect the best attributes of their sites—Dry Creek Valley’s consistent sunshine is ideal for Zinfandel, while the warm Alexander Valley is responsible for rich, voluptuous red wines like Cabernet Sauvignon. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir are important throughout the county, most notably in the cooler AVAs of Russian River, Sonoma Coast and Carneros. Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah have also found a firm footing here.

FBR123728_2017 Item# 530863

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