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| Drinking window: Drink between 2006 and 2011 (based on 16 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 86.1 pts. and median of 87 pts. in 15 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 1/12/2014 & rated 90 points: OK. Maybe with time... My last bottle and I did enjoy this. Rich, gorgeous gold color, long finish. This was good for an aged/aging chard. (840 views) | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 3/31/2012 & rated 89 points: Still rich, minerally. Bit of an after taste that sticks to the tongue. Not sure this is what I REALLY enjoy (1097 views) | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 1/29/2012 & rated 87 points: Better than the last bottle but not a great deal for the money (1127 views) | | | Tasted by Tarpon222 on 12/25/2011 & rated 85 points: Waited too long (1192 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 7/27/2009 & rated 80 points: Holding up nicely. Good fruit..but lacking the depth of earlier tastings. Very California. (1323 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 7/6/2009 & rated 82 points: Nicely drinking...not buttery at all... (726 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 1/11/2009 & rated 80 points: not inspiring as other ACV Chards have been. Seemed musty, perhaps corked (653 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 8/7/2008 & rated 84 points: Not up to the previous bottles...not sure why. (655 views) | | | Tasted by RWilkinson on 11/21/2007: Costly wine for the punch, better value elsewhere... (837 views) | | | Tasted by RWilkinson on 10/27/2007: similar to my 6/30 note (825 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 7/30/2007 & rated 88 points: Good, fruity, not too sweet. (910 views) | | | Tasted by RWilkinson on 6/30/2006 & rated 87 points: lite, fine and crisp but missing some structure and balance with tart finish (1114 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 6/24/2006 & rated 90 points: No longer so tart....now crisp and refreshing. (1120 views) | | | Tasted by phantphant on 3/19/2006 & rated 87 points: Fine, fruity and a bit tart. (1154 views) |
| Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards Producer website
Anderson's Conn Valley Vineyards Winery is managed and operated by Todd Anderson and his wife, Sarah. Both of whom share an immense appreciation for fine wines and their creation. Todd's passion and expertise for producing world-class cabs and bordeaux-style blends, however, did not come overnight. Since 1984, when he began staking-out the vineyard's trellis system with his father, Gus Anderson, Todd has been involved with every phase of planting, growing, harvesting and crushing their estate grown grapes as well as vinification - the transformation of grapes into wine. The Anderson Winery staff also includes chief vintner, Mac Sawyer, who was recruited to spend a year in France mastering the fine art of wine making at the Superior School at Montpellier. He studied the Bordeaux, Provence and Alsation wine making styles and is the second American to ever attend this school. Mac's assistant, Cuko, continually tests and re-racks vintages so only the finest barrels of our wine are bottled. Traci, the office manager, keeps shipments moving and the office running like a Swiss watch. During the fall harvest, dozens of part-time laborers pick the grapes while Miguel and Cuko help Todd and Mac to crush the harvest and to process tons of grapes into juice.
BACKGROUND: Since 1983 Conn Valley Vineyards has been family owned and operated by the Anderson's, and since their first release in 1987, Conn Valley Vineyards has been dedicated to producing world class wines. The 40 acre Estate is located just south of Howell Mountain in Conn Valley. When you visit, they provide a personal and highly educational experience. Located just 3 miles or 10 minutes east of downtown Saint Helena, you'll feel worlds away from the hustle and bustle of busy tasting rooms.
TODD ANDERSON: After graduating from University of Pacific in Stockton, CA with a degree in Geology Todd went to work for a small geophysical firm that was on the cutting edge of technology for seismic oil and gas exploration. Todd soon realized the corporate world was not for him. Although he loved the industry he was in, he continually had thoughts of the outdoors and getting back in touch with the soil. These thoughts, along with the mention from his parents of starting a “small vineyard”, are what led to the creation of Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards.Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeUSAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Napa / SonomaSONOMA: The Yorkville Highlands AVA, approved in 1998, is located in the southwestern corner of Mendocino County, between Sonoma County's Alexander Valley to the South and Mendocino County!s Anderson Valley to the North. The region is 25 miles long, roughly in the shape of rectangle and bisected by Highway 128 which runs the length of the AVA. The region!s terrain is hilly and forested, with elevations ranging from 1,078 to 2,442 feet above sea level.
The distinguishing features of the Yorkville Highlands AVA are rocky soils with a high gravel content and the climate, which is cooler than Alexander Valley but warmer than Anderson Valley, and significantly cooler at night than the surrounding areas.CarnerosStraddles the southern ends of Napa & Sonoma Counties. |
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