The mouthfeel is full and textural there is nothing boring about this wine. Nuances of lemon candy, limes, cantaloupe, honeydew, and buttered toast send the senses into overdrive. The palate is driven by citrus and butter. The nose is complex from the get-go offering notes of lemon tarts, honeydew, and freshly peeled lemon rinds. The wine shows its true color as it pours into the glass a light straw with a golden rim. It was aged on the lees for eight months, performing weekly battonage (stirring). Clone 809 was fermented alone in steel tanks to retain its muscat character, while the remaining five clones were fermented and aged in French, American, and Hungarian oak barrels. A cocktail of compatible yeasts were utilized to ferment the wine. All fruit was harvested at night, and brought in before sunrise to ensure cool, rested grapes were crushed. The wine is comprised of six different clones of Chardonnay (grown in the Dunnigan Hills AVA east of Napa Valley), to increase complexity. It is not an easy task to achieve with large production, but the Giguiere family is committed to mostly all estate grown grapes, and integrity in labeling. “This wine is 100% estate fruit, which means grown, produced, cellared, and bottled within the AVA. Review of Matchbook Old Head Chardonnay 2015 A great review of Matchbook Old Head Chardonnay from TX Wine Lover.
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