Sonoma Valley Chardonnay Cuvée LD
Appellation
Sonoma Valley
Farming
Sustainable - Lutte Raisonnée
Varieties
100% Chardonnay
Vineyards & Viticulture
From the Long Vineyard on the western end of the Dry Creek Valley in central Sonoma County. It is planted with the original Wente Clones of Chardonnay that hail back to the cuttings John Wente took from Louis Latour’s parcel in Corton-Charlemagne. The vineyard is a hillside vineyard rising up from the Dry Creek River, with early morning and late afternoon fogs contributing to one of the coolest microclimates in Sonoma. The LD bottling from Long Vineyards hails from a north-facing section of the vineyard.
Soils
Light loam over gravel
Harvest & Vinification
Grapes are pressed in a mechanical press. Fermentation, malolactic conversion, and sur lie aging in small oak barrels (50% new).
