Cattleya Wines Call to Adventure Chardonnay 2019 Front Label

Cattleya Wines Call to Adventure Chardonnay 2019

Chardonnay

WE95
JD95
W&S94

750ML / 14.5% ABV

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750ML / 14.5% ABV

Winemaker Notes

A great representation of power, purity and finesse, this is a wine that offers ripe aromatics of baked apple and Meyer lemon tart, with hints of toasted almond skin. Unquestionable richness and concentration on the palate are harnessed by focused, refreshing acidity and a textured, complex mouthfeel.

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Wine Enthusiast

Very subtle aromas of Meyer lemon peel, sea salt, baked apples and light butter make for a very smooth and pleasant entry to the nose of this wine. There's a strong chalky tension to the palate, where the fantastic grip unleashes flavors of citrus pith with a minty lift. It is a fascinating wine.

JD 95

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2019 Chardonnay Call To Adventure comes from the Russian River Valley, yet it still has an almost Sonoma Coast-like focus and sense of minerality. Beautiful stone fruits, crushed rock, white flowers, honeysuckle, and toasted bread give way to a medium to full-bodied Chardonnay with beautiful purity of fruit, building richness, and a wonderful sense of freshness that carries through to the finish. It’s another beautiful, layered, rich but also fresh and pure Chardonnay that will have a solid decade of longevity.

W&S 94

Wine & Spirits

Bibiana González Rave made the first wine under her own label in 2011, from clone 15 chardonnay farmed by Jim Pratt. She continues to make Call to Adventure from that same block, allowing it to ferment with ambient yeasts in French oak barrels (50 percent new). The wine is remarkable for its freshness, as if rainwater or river stones could provide an umami taste of pear, sage and almond-scented fruit. Clean, clear, luscious and delicious, the wine’s fresh flavors last.

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Bibiana González Rave is the founder and winemaker of Cattleya Wines. Born and raised in Colombia and trained as a winemaker in France, she moved to California in 2007 to settle into making extraordinary wines.

In her words: Since my early teenage years, my dream has been to make wine.

At a very young age I was fortunate enough to begin learning how to make wine in France. I trained myself while working with some amazing winemakers who showed me the importance of loving the land, how to respect the farming itself, and to focus on the many details that go into making each drop of wine in each and every bottle.

While studying in Bordeaux and Cognac I learned the required viticulture, enology and microbiology (“wine science”); but most importantly, I was also exposed to the many rituals involved in winemaking–things like pruning, harvesting and bottling–that feel so special and meaningful each season. I told myself that one day a bottle of wine would be infused with the longings of my soul through fruit produced from a specific terroir that spoke to my heart. That place I have found.

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