2016 Bohème Chardonnay Taylor Ridge Sonoma Coast

The petite Wente Clone clusters were harvested September 23rd, yielding 1.05 tons per acre. After whole-cluster pressing, the juice was fermented in seasoned French Oak barrels, aged sur lie 20 months with complete Malolactic Fermentation prior to bottling.
13.9% Alc; 147 Cases Produced 
Taylor Ridge Vineyard was planted in 1999 on a hundred-year-old meadow, 5.3 miles from the Pacific Ocean. Its caramel-colored sandy loam soil is traced to a prehistoric marine embayment that once covered west Sonoma County, California. During the growing season, cool fog from Tomales and Bodega Bays engulfs the vineyard—a climate that slows nutrient uptake by vines and ripening of fruit.