ChristopheвЂ™s career has spanned the industry from sales to winemaking, and his impressive background includes positions at Chateau dвЂ™Yquem and Gruaud-Larose as well as projects in Chile, Spain and Washington State. Christophe Paubert - WinemakerДЇor Christophe Paubert, Winemaker and General Manager at StagsвЂ™ Leap Winery, the identity of a wine is found through the terroir. The wine was bottled after just seven months of maturation with a weekly bГўtonnage (lees stirring), putting the yeast lees in suspension in order to release subtle aromatics, increasing the complexity and preventing reduction. The 2020 vintage, as usual, did not undergo malolactic fermentation to further maintain the fruitвЂ™s natural acidity and aromatic freshness. Browse our wide selection of Chardonnay for Delivery or Drive Up & Go to pick up. This specific barrel treatment as well as selected low impact coopers helps preserve the purity and freshness of the fruit while adding subtle notes of oak complexity. Shop Stags Leap Wine Cellars Karia Chardonnay Wine - 750 Ml from Safeway. Twenty-nine percent of the wine was fermented and aged in new French oak barrels and the remaining in neutral French oak. The Barrel Selection Chardonnay is a small bottling of the most expressive barrel lots in a given vintage. The resulting 2020 wines are of very high quality with concentrated flavors and excellent acidity, especially for varieties like Chardonnay. While the red wine harvest was smaller yielding, proving to be one of the most challenging in history, our winemakers remained optimistic and very complimentary of the high quality achieved from this unprecedented vintage. The white wine harvest started in late August, with the wines showing excellent development in the cellars, reflecting the fine vintage year. Summer brought very cool mornings and very warm days, but then harvest was interrupted by wildfires across California, which came as grapes started to be picked, and we were very fortunate that none of our vineyards were in the areas of the active fires. While the mild spring season was a great early start, our winery working conditions had extensive safety protocols due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a warm, dry winter and the rain and cooler weather didnвЂ™t arrive until the end of March. Due to traffic restrictions, drop in guests cannot be accommodated.The 2020 season will be remembered for factors beyond the typical harvest season. As one of California's earliest wine estates, its unique terroir, the ideal microclimate, and tradition of stewardship supports a classical standard of viticulture, land use, and winemaking that is relevant today as it was over a century ago.

Established in 1893, Stags' Leap Winery continues a proud winemaking heritage in the prestigious appellation that bears the winery name.ДЇramed by the dramatic palisades to the east, the estate is renowned for its landmark nineteenth-century stone winery and Victorian-era Manor House and is planted to 90 acres of vineyards-divided into 23 blocks that perfectly match each grape variety with its ideal soil type.

Located in the very heart of the Stags Leap District, down a long, private road, lies the century-old 240-acre wine estate known as Stags' Leap: a place of natural beauty, storied buildings and gardens, a lively history, and a reputation for elegant wines.

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