Chardonnay

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Wine Details

Vineyards:
• French Creek Vineyard
 (Yakima Valley)
• Lewis Vineyard
 (Yakima Valley)
• Gormus Vineyard
 (Yakima Valley)
• Gamache Bros. Vineyard
 (Columbia Valley)
• Connor Lee Vineyard
 (Columbia Valley)
• Alderbanks Vineyard

Blend:
• 100% Chardonnay

Cooperage: New and used premier French oak from Cadus, Damy, Dargaud & Jaegle, Francois Freres, Louis Latour and Sirugue.

Acidity & PH: pH 3.49 & Total Acidity 0.72

Alcohol: 13.85%

Cases: 1870 Cases

Prices: $15/bottle   $162/case

Winemaking

Dropped by gravity straight to the press, squeezed directly to barrel and chilled, inoculated with Chardonnay 3079 yeast, primary fermentation started and completed in barrel with secondary fermentation started but not completed, about 35% malic acid is left in the chardonnay.

Vintage

A pleasant growing season with a nice summer rain at the beginning of August turned into a hotter and drier than normal end to summer and half of fall.  Rain finally arrived in mid-October and was followed immediately by a hard frost that stopped almost all the grapes maturing that were still on the vine.  The warmth of August and September ripened most grapes so picking was ahead of schedule or normal and the early freeze had little to no effect on this vintage and certainly not on Tamarack’s Chardonnay grapes.

Tasting Notes

Hints of mojito and exotic kiwi fruit on the nose, with lovely peach and apricot, Granny Smith apple, and a touch of grapefruit zest lingering on the smooth finish.