Silver Chardonnay 2006

For the winemaking team that brings you Caymus, Mer Soleil, and and Belle Glos!

This second vintage follows last year's successful debut of Silver, an effort to unite the crisp mineral essence of classic Chablis style with the tropical elements found in Chardonnay of the Pacific coastline.

Using Chardonnay grown in special blocks of the Mer Soleil Vineyard in the Santa Lucia Highlands of Monterey County, we harvested the grapes when just fully ripe, their gold color hued with green, expressing clean aromas of Chardonnay fruit and firm acidity.

The result is our latest presentation of a Chardonnay we consider as sleek and cool as Silver.
-Charlie Wagner II, Winemaker

This unoaked Chardonnay is a light gold color with a pale green tint. Clean, lively aromas of honeydew melon and green apple carry over to delicate tropical fruit flavors of pineapple and papaya, balanced with crisp mineral.

1. Charles Heidsieck Brut Reserve
2. Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut
3. Gosset Brut Excellence

1. Sticks Chardonnay 2004
2. Silver Chardonnay 2006

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2. Beringer Private Reserve Chardonnay 2005
3. Silver Chardonnay 2006