Descripción

Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay es un vino envejecido en madera elaborado por Shafer con la variedad Chardonnay. El resultado es un blanco serio, cremoso y elegante que se elabora en el corazón del Valle de Napa.


 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Shafer Vineyards
Tipo
Blanco
Añada
2021
Grado
14.5% vol.
Variedad
100% Chardonnay
Origen
Napa Valley

Cata

Nariz
Aromas de frutas blancas y cítricas, notas de vainilla y toques miel y balsámicos.
Boca
En boca es intenso, fresco y voluminoso. Un vino sabroso, de textura sedosa, acidez brillante y final largo y persistente.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay procede de una finca en la zona de Carneros, una de las zonas más frescas del Valle de Napa.
Edad
Las viñas se plantaron en 1980.
Cosecha
La vendimia se realiza cuando la uva alcanza su punto óptimo de maduración y se cultiva mediante una agricultura respetuosa con el medio ambiente.
Vinificación
Las uvas se prensan suavemente y el mosto resultante fermenta el 75% en barricas y el resto en depósitos de acero inoxidable.
Envejecimiento
Crianza durante 12 meses en barricas de roble francés de 225 litros.

Opinión de los críticos

Wine Enthusiast:

This full-bodied and beautifully balanced wine is powered by energized fruit acidity, giving it a lively mouthfeel, vivid green apple and lemon zest flavors and a snappy finish, while subtle oak notes remain secondary. Fermented in oak barrels and stainless barrels, and matured without maloactic conversion, the wine is super refreshing, clean and mouth-watering and should only get more complex and smooth with time. Best from 2024-2031. 

 

 

Jeb Dunnuck:

The 2021 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch is another winner that has a slightly fresh, more vibrant style in its lemon and citrus fruits as well as honeyed minerality and spice. Medium-bodied, balanced, and elegant, it’s going to put on weight with a year or two of bottle age and should keep through 2031.

The Wine Advocate:

Always an impressive bottling, the 2021 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch was barrel fermented in a 75% new French oak and 25% stainless steel. Boasting fabulous aromas of lemon curd, apple, pear and pencil shavings, this non-malolactic Chardonnay is full-bodied, round and generous on the palate, then crisp and refreshing on the finish. If it's not as complex or rich as the very best Chardonnays California has to offer, it's not that far behind, and the pricing and availability (6000 cases produced) remain reasonable for a wine of this quality.