Kendall-Jackson 20th Harvest Limited Release Chardonnay 2001
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Full of ripe pear, peach and tropical mango carried in a backbone of citrus lemon drop aromas. The oak barrel fermentation and aging add layers of vanilla creaminess. Blended from our best barrel lots coming from estate tended fruit, this is a fine example of appellations commingling, bringing together a complete fruit forward offering.
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Back in 1974, Jess Jackson saw in the fine vineyards of California's cool coastal regions fruit with a variety of outstanding flavors. What if there was a way to produce from this abundance, a single outstanding "cuvée" that offered both quality and value? The result, first released in 1983, was Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay, a rich, round and flavorful wine, made with hand-crafted methods. That same year, Grand Reserve was introduced, a line of ultra-premium wines that represented the full potential of California's finest vineyards and winemaking.
Today, over 5,000 acres of vineyard in California's coastal regions are farmed by Kendall-Jackson. Four separate wineries house what is possibly the single largest barrel-fermentation project in the world. But perhaps most important, is that Kendall-Jackson remains a family-owned winery.