The Hess Collection Estate Grown Chardonnay

This wine pairs well with poached or grilled seafood shrimp or crab with spicy aioli baby greens tossed in citrus honey vinaigrette avocados fruit salsa shaved fennel tangerines and triple creme cheeses. Chad hendrickson executive chef about the su’skol vineyard is carefully farmed to emphasize fruit with wonderful acidity and balance and demonstrates the impact of the moderate temperatures influenced by nearby san pablo bay. We use multiple clones but focus on the aromatic musque. The musque clone is delicate and needs a light touch with both oak and malolactic fermentation so it does not get overwhelmed by either. To highlight this beautiful clonal material we put 70% of the blend through stainless fermentation to retain the fresh yellow stone fruit citrus and pear flavors. The remaining 30% of the blend sees just a light touch of oak –19% new (french) oak and only 30% of the overall blend is allowed to undergo secondary fermentation. Aged for 9 months in barrels