Cakebread Chardonnay

VINEYARDS Our Napa Valley Chardonnay comes primarily (91% in 2014) from grapes grown in the cool-climate Carneros district at the southern tip of the valley. Subject to fog and cooling breezes from nearby San Pablo Bay Carneros enjoys a long growing season that ripens its fruit fully while retaining the bright acidity that gives Cakebread Cellars Chardonnay its freshness and vitality. We complement our Carneros fruit with grapes from warmer sites in the valley that yield riper fuller chardonnays. This allows us to craft a rich yet elegant and complex chardonnay that drinks beautifully on release but ages gracefully in the bottle. VINTAGE 2014 The latest in a series of excellent vintages in California 2014 featured a warm dry spring that initiated early budbreak ensured trouble-free flowering and grape set and led to a consistently mild summer with few heat spikes. These conditions fostered steady even ripening of our chardonnay grapes which were harvested with concentrate