David Bruce Santa Cruz Chardonnay 2001

This wine brings together fruit from three Vineyards in our rugged mountain region. R bar R Ranch is a cool, low yielding site giving bright peach and citrus notes. Split Rail Vineyard sits above the fog, lending ripeness and rich backbone to the wine. Zayante Vineyard provides acidity and a nice blend of lemon and mineral flavors. Our methods emphasize gentle, whole-cluster pressing, barrel fermentation and extended sur-lies aging. This vintage has attractive fruit flavors with ample toast from yeast contact and new French oak. It is ready to drink now, but will continue to develop for three to five years in the bottle.