2011

Upper Barn Vineyard Chardonnay

Chardonnay Alexander Valley
Product is historical and has a replacement SKU
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DESCRIPTION
The Upper Barn Chardonnay is our most transporting Chardonnay, and the 2011 vintage is no exception. Vanilla bean, melon and apple flood the nose, while the palate is playful with cantaloupe, white truffle, and peachy notes intermingle with beautiful elegance. The texture is lush, exhibiting that delicacy of fruit and a quartz-like transparency that only age and a superb site can bring to a wine.
ACCOLADES
93 points
Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast Magazine,
Dec 2013
92 points
Antonio Galloni, Robert Parker Wine Advocate,
Apr 2013
96 points
Clive Pursehouse, Decanter,
Jul 2023
Pocket Peak

Our vineyards lie within the proposed Pocket Peak American Viticultural Area (AVA) in the eastern highlands of the Alexander Valley AVA.

Pocket Peak is defined by its elevated topography and distinctions in climate, precipitation, and soils. The petition to establish Pocket Peak as a new AVA was filed with the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau in February 2022.

A foggy day in Pocket Peak.
A foggy day in Pocket Peak.
Alexander Valley

The Stonestreet winery and tasting room sit on the tranquil valley floor facing the mountains where we farm our fruit.

The Alexander Valley AVA was made official in 1984, and it outlines the path of the Russian River flowing from Mendocino County down to Healdsburg. Grapes were grown commercially in this valley as early as the 1840s and gained a reputation for superb quality in the 1960s and ‘70s. The proposed Pocket Peak AVA will distinguish between grapes grown at high elevation—including Stonestreet fruit—and grapes grown in the valley below.

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