Description

Le Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay est un vin vieilli en fût de chêne, produit par Shafer à partir du cépage Chardonnay. Le résultat est un blanc sérieux, crémeux et élégant, élaboré au cœur de la Napa Valley


Fiche technique

Le domaine
Shafer Vineyards
Type de vin
Blanc
Millésime
2022
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
100% Chardonnay
Origine
Napa Valley

Dégustation

Nez
Arômes de fruits blancs et d'agrumes, notes de vanille et touches de miel et de baume.
Bouche
Au palais, il est intense, frais et volumineux. Un vin savoureux, à la texture soyeuse, avec une acidité brillante et une longueur en bouche persistante.

Vignoble et élaboration

Description
Le Chardonnay Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch vient d'un domaine dans la région de Carneros, l'une des zones les plus fraîches de la vallée de Napa.
Année de plantation
Les vignes ont été plantées en 1980.
Vendanges
La vendange se fait quand les raisins sont mûrs à point et sont cultivés de manière respectueuse de l'environnement.
Vinification
Les raisins sont pressés doucement et le moût obtenu fermente à 75 % en fûts et le reste en cuves inox.
Elevage
Rouge crianza : 12 mois en fûts de chêne français de 225 litres.

L'avis des experts

Wine Enthusiast:

All elegance and silk, this beautifully balanced wine offers a lively texture, with subtle lemon, toast and kiwi flavors on a full body. The mouthfeel is graceful and mouthwatering, backed by acidity that perfectly meets the generous fruit flavors. Making a wine of this caliber in thousands of cases is quite an accomplishment. Best from 2027–2032.

Jeb Dunnuck:

I love the 2022 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch. It's a richer, broad, yet still fresh and lively Chardonnay with ripe citrus and pineapple fruits, medium to full body, a layered mouthfeel, and terrific toast, brioche, honeysuckle, and lemon oil aromatics. It will keep for 4-6 years, if not longer, but I love it today.

The Wine Advocate:

A modern-day classic, Shafer's 2022 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch continues the tradition, delivering pristine pineapple notes alongside hints of citrus curd, pencil shavings and mocha. Full-bodied, round and generous, this no-malolactic-fermentation Chardonnay harmoniously tapers down into a clean, crisp finish. The only quibble with this vintage is that it may show a touch of alcoholic warmth.

James Suckling:

A vibrant, agile and poised Chardonnay with aromas of pears, apples, sweet spices, jasmine and hints of stones. It’s medium- to full-bodied with precise definition on the palate. Fresh acidity and crunchy fruity at the center and a velvety touch to the edge, bringing volume and a voluptuous character throughout. Lively and long finish. Drink or hold.

Decanter:

Beautifully deep golden colour flecked with emerald hues. A full-flavoured, round, expressive Chardonnay with a host of spicy ginger, salted lemon peel, honeycomb and sea shell mineral nuances. It is so round and creamy on the palate but balanced by ripe acidity, which seems to hit the palate with such precision that it builds tension only after the rich, sweet fruit character pulls you in. Everything aforementioned reemerges on the long finish layered with jasmine, ginger cream and sweet cedar.