Sterling Organic Chardonnay 2007
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For his 27 Chardonnay, Malcolm selected three Mendocino organic growers using Clone 4 vines. 7 percent of the grapes came from Beckstoffer Vineyards located east of Ukiah along the Russian River. 2 percent came from Guiness McFadden Vineyards in Potter Valley and 1 percent from Patianna Vineyards in Hopland
Sterling Napa Valley wines show the depth, strength and expressive quality of California’s most famous wine region. Fruit for Sterling wines is grown throughout Napa Valley, from the cool southern Carneros region next to San Pablo Bay to the rugged northernmost bench-lands and reaches near our Calistoga homeplace. Sterling has more than five decades of winemaking excellence in Napa Valley, and winemaker Harry Hansen is able to build from that experience to select the finest lots to create the most memorable expressions of the varietal for each vintage. Key to the signature Sterling style is the contribution of fruit from our home base surrounding Calistoga, where fully ripe fruit offers soft tannins, black fruit profiles and approachability, alongside the firmer tannins evident in fruit from Diamond Mountain, offering great balance in the final assemblage and cuvée.