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2017 CHARDONNAY
Elizabeth's Vineyard

Dry White Table Wine
Cases produced: 54
Alcohol: 11.6%
Total sulfite addition: 55 ppm
Grape: Chardonnay
Soil: Thin loam over shale

ELEVAGE:Grapes were crushed, destemmed and macerated for two days. Pressed juice was moved to stainless steel where fermentation, including full malolactic, took place. In October of 2018 the wine was moved to third year French oak barrels. In late September, 2019, the wine was racked of its lees and gravity bottled by hand without fining or filtration.

TASTING NOTE: 2017 Eminence Road - Chardonnay - Elizabeth's Vineyard - Toffee, lily blossom, ripe pear and tar on the nose. Mid-weight in the mouth with pear fruit, brioche, bright acids and a chalky shale finish.

ELIZABETH'S VINEYARD: Located in Hector, New York on the eastern shore of Seneca Lake, this twenty-seven acre vineyard is composed of shallow loam soil over shale on a slope leading to some of the lake's deepest waters. Among the pinot noir, cabernet franc and riesling, grower John Leidenfrost also maintains blocks of spur pruned cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay over a quarter century old. This vineyard's privileged exposure and thin, shale laden soil produces wine of great depth and backbone.