Crossbarn (Paul Hobbs) Chardonnay

Located in the heart of the Sonoma Coast CrossBarn is renowned winemaker Paul Hobbs’s innovative winery dedicated to crafting wines of stunning quality and exceptional value using sustainable vineyard practices and traditional winemaking techniques. These sophisticated yet approachable wines focus on the expression of California’s most celebrated AVAs including the Napa Valley for cabernet sauvignon and the cool Sonoma Coast for chardonnay and pinot noir. Produced using hand-harvested fruit from carefully selected vineyards within the Sonoma Coast appellation CrossBarn Chardonnay offers structure and weight in balance with pure concentrated fruit. Winemaking – Hand-harvested grapes – Pressed whole-cluster – 90% stainless 10% barrel fermented – Native and selected yeast strains – Native malolactic fermentation; 100% – 5 months sur lie; weekly batonnage – Assemblage: January 24 2017 – Minimal SO2 additions – Bottled unfined Growing Season The 2016 ripening season was coole