2006 August Briggs Chardonnay
The 2006 August Briggs Carneros “Leveroni Vineyards” Chardonnay is our eleventh release from this highly acclaimed family owned vineyard. The vineyard is located on the Sonoma County side of Carneros, just south of the town of Sonoma.
The wine has a bright, golden straw color. Tropical fruit aromas mingle with melon and vanilla. It has a medium weight on the palate with the tropical flavors of passion fruit and pineapple, citrus flavors of mandarin orange and lime, and soft oak. This is a great food wine which would work well with almost any moderately seasoned fish or chicken dish.
Grapes for this wine were picked at 25 Brix with a total acid of 0.88 g/100ml & a PH of 3.22. The grapes were gently whole-cluster pressed, cold settled, inoculated with yeast, and racked to barrels for fermentation. Barrels used were 35% new French oak from Francois Freres and 65% of used barrels from the previous vintage. After completion of fermentation the wine was inoculated with a malo-lactic culture, stirred weekly, and sur-lees aged 10 months. It was bottled without fining or filtration. 670 cases produced.