Frogs Leap Chardonnay

A Brief History: At Frog's Leap we have been honored to work with the Truchard family of Carneros who have been the producers of our Chardonnay grapes since 1985. This beautiful steeply sloping vineyard planted in 1979 has made many fine Frog's Leap Chardonnays over the last three decades. The signature style of Frog's Leap balance restraint and respect for terroir is clearly celebrated in these Chardonnay grapes. Employing the indigenous yeasts of the vineyards the must reaches a fever pitch fermenting in new French oak barrels. At its peak usually four to five days in barrel the wine is racked to concrete vessels to complete its fermentation and lies in sur lies for up to 10 months. Bottled straight off the lees the wine retains all of its freshness minerality and remarkable sense of place. About the Wine: This is a superb wine from an extraordinary vintage. Beautifully reductive aromas of white peach and hazelnut are slowly revealed with a few swirls of the glass. Caref