Lundi 12 mai 2008
Encore une belle bouteille de chez Zuma.
details du site de Ridge :
bottled Mar 2006
100% CHARDONNAY
In 1962, when the number of fine California white wines could be counted on one hand, Ridge made its first Monte Bello Chardonnay. Not every vintage produces a Monte Bello—recently, only 1999, 2000, and 2003. In 2004, after a wet winter, the vines flowered and set significantly earlier than usual. This, coupled with a mild summer, brought ripe flavors by early September—also ahead of schedule. Each of the ten small parcels and sub-parcels was picked separately and whole-cluster pressed. The lots were racked to barrel, then spent three months in our cool underground cellars, fermenting to dryness on their own yeasts. A natural malolactic followed, finishing in late spring, when we selected three small, ex-ceptional lots for this Monte Bello. Racked off the lees in August, the wines were returned to barrel and tank for six additional months of aging and settling, enabling us to bottle without filtration. This complex chardonnay is enjoyable now, but is still very young. It will develop more fully over the next five years.
Couleur : jaune soutenu
Nez : sur les épices puis avec l'aeration des notes beurrées délicates, florale et un boisé tres leger
Bouche : Un grand silence c'est superbe, attaque acide puis du gras et une finale beurrée puis une pointe minérale qui amene la finale très loin.
Prix : +-120 euros
Au total un vin somptueux d'équilibre, un chardonnay tres français loin des caricatures australiennes ou californiennes. un producteur que je connaissai surtout en rouge et qui impressionne aussi en blanc
details du site de Ridge :
bottled Mar 2006100% CHARDONNAY
In 1962, when the number of fine California white wines could be counted on one hand, Ridge made its first Monte Bello Chardonnay. Not every vintage produces a Monte Bello—recently, only 1999, 2000, and 2003. In 2004, after a wet winter, the vines flowered and set significantly earlier than usual. This, coupled with a mild summer, brought ripe flavors by early September—also ahead of schedule. Each of the ten small parcels and sub-parcels was picked separately and whole-cluster pressed. The lots were racked to barrel, then spent three months in our cool underground cellars, fermenting to dryness on their own yeasts. A natural malolactic followed, finishing in late spring, when we selected three small, ex-ceptional lots for this Monte Bello. Racked off the lees in August, the wines were returned to barrel and tank for six additional months of aging and settling, enabling us to bottle without filtration. This complex chardonnay is enjoyable now, but is still very young. It will develop more fully over the next five years.
Couleur : jaune soutenu
Nez : sur les épices puis avec l'aeration des notes beurrées délicates, florale et un boisé tres leger
Bouche : Un grand silence c'est superbe, attaque acide puis du gras et une finale beurrée puis une pointe minérale qui amene la finale très loin.
Prix : +-120 euros
Au total un vin somptueux d'équilibre, un chardonnay tres français loin des caricatures australiennes ou californiennes. un producteur que je connaissai surtout en rouge et qui impressionne aussi en blanc
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