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Winemaker's Comments: 2004 Lafond Winery Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay
This limited bottling of Chardonnay is grown in a two acre, low vigor section of the Lafond Vineyard’s 6 acre Wente Clone Block that was planted in 1976. The age of the vines and the difficult growing conditions (low nutrient marine sand and gravel that retains very little water) combined with one of the world’s best microclimates for Chardonnay sets the stage for a powerful expression of depth and fruit intensity.
Chardonnay showing the depth and richness of this wine is a special treat with rich foods such as pork roast, lobster or salmon. Also try it as an appetite inducing pre-meal delicacy. This wine should show full development in 2008 or 2009.
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Floating Cork Wine Review & Rating
By Sarah O'Brien
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Lafond Vineyard 2004 Chardonnay
I would have been embarrassed at the way I gushed about the wine if it hadn’t been the most perfect Chardonnay I have ever tasted. I was told that it would fully develop in a couple more years – I had a chuckle at that; like I could wait a couple more years to open the bottle. I am so glad that I was with people who loved me enough to pitch in to help me pay for it. I have never spent $48.00 on a bottle of wine outside of a restaurant. So now you think that I am too new to even know a good Chardonnay, well, you could be right to think that - but I cannot even describe the perfection that is this Chardonnay. Flawless, silky, heavenly…why am I even trying to put it into words? You are just going to have to fork over the cash, taste for yourself and try to prove me wrong.
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Suggested Food Pairing:
anything that pairs well with heaven.
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