Amourette Chardonnay 2018

Like a true French Puligny-Montrachet this Amourette is focused and brilliant. This mineral-driven vintage captures energy and shows an inherent richness while the interplay of flavors and textures can only be described as utterly breathtaking.

The 2014 Amourette is a perfect replacement for our 2013 Amourette both of which are GOLD MEDAL WINNER at Sonoma Harvest Fair Wine Competition in September 2014.

Many friends have asked me to define the basic taste characteristics of my Amourette Chardonnay but it’s very hard to do. There is certainly an inviting nose and a touch of mineral culminating in a flavorful finish, but the key to Amourette is the way it seems anxious to offer more.

Many Chardonnays have fruit concentration and acidity, usually going on to show toast and butter from their time in oak, but Amourette successfully melds hints of the best of these aspects whilst at the same time retaining a really high level of interest; it is somehow this tightrope of presentation and the resulting ‘tension’ that intrigues and delivers pleasure from the taste and why it continues to win gold medals on every outing.

Rains early in the year gave vines a healthy start. Then a cool autumn allowed more prolonged ripening and delivered a vintage with slightly larger yields than 2017.

Expect 300 cases

Color	White
Vintage	2018
Style	White Burgundy
Appellation	Dry Creek Valley
Varietal	Chardonnay
Date Bottled	31st Dec 1969