Mira Winery Chardonnay 2018

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Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2018

Size
750ML

ABV
13.7%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Shy at first, the 2018 Las Trancas vineyard Chardonnay begins to reveal its delicate layers with every sniff and every taste. Full of bright, refreshing stone fruit that hints at minerality, the wine finishes with a touch of creaminess. In its youth the wine is very refreshing chilled but as it ages, service just below room temperature will allow of its mouthwatering characteristics to shine.

Professional Ratings

  • 90
    COMMENTARY: The 2018 Mira Chardonnay nice defines this grape variety in the Napa Valley. TASTING NOTES: This is attractive, generous, and well balanced. Its forthright aromas and flavors of ripe core fruit, savory spices, and oak should pair well with grilled chicken thighs. (Tasted: August 19, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
  • 90

    This is ripe and tropical with dried pineapple and mangoes, hints of toffee and praline. Full-bodied with creamy texture and mellow character of ripe peaches and honeysuckle. Drink now.

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  • 91 Robert
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Mira Winery, California

Mira Winery produces a limited amount of single vineyard wines from well known Napa Valley AVA Districs Stags Leap, Los Carneros and Rutherford. With over 20 years of wine making experience, Winemaker Gustavo Gonzalez is a craftsman whose critically acclaimed wines are of exceptional character and complexity, delighting the palates of wine drinkers today and for years to come. Our well established and long term relationships with some of the most elite and olders growers in Napa Valley allows us to manage the process from bud to bottle, vinifying the grapes to maintain the characterisitics of these exceptional geographies and produce a portfolio a uniquely luxurious wines.

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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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One of the world's most highly regarded regions for wine production as well as tourism, the Napa Valley was responsible for bringing worldwide recognition to California winemaking. In the 1960s, a few key wine families settled the area and hedged their bets on the valley's world-class winemaking potential—and they were right.

The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980s, when producers scooped up vineyard lands and planted vines throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, and today Napa is home to hundreds of producers ranging from boutique to corporate. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux blends. White wines from Napa Valley are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Within the Napa Valley lie many smaller sub-AVAs that claim specific wine characteristics based on situation, slope and soil. Farthest south and coolest from the influence of the San Pablo Bay is Carneros, followed by Coombsville to its northeast and then Yountville, Oakville and Rutherford. Above those are the warm St. Helena and the valley's newest and hottest AVA, Calistoga. These areas follow the valley floor and are known generally for creating rich, dense, complex and smooth red wines with good aging potential. The mountain sub appellations, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs, include Stags Leap District, Atlas Peak, Chiles Valley (farther east), Howell Mountain, Mt. Veeder, Spring Mountain District and Diamond Mountain District. Napa Valley wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from a lot of time in the bottle to evolve and soften.

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