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2019 Cougar Rock Chardonnay Bottle Image

Cougar Rock Chardonnay 2019

$65.00 SOLD OUT
/ 750 ml
The Cougar Rock Vineyard Chardonnay expresses precise Meyer lemon rind and crushed shells with notes of jasmine, lemon thyme and sandalwood. The palate is headlined with an electric acidity, coupled with savory spice and a chalky minerality. Well textured and structured, this Chardonnay fully expresses the granitic soils of the high mountainous ridge tops at Cougar Rock Vineyard. Beautiful in its youth, we expect this Chardonnay to age gracefully and improve over the next 10+ years
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  • Varietal: Chardonnay
  • Vineyard(s): Cougar Rock Vineyard
  • Vineyard Notes: The Antinori California vineyard is known to brick & mortar as Cougar Rock Vineyard, with the name stemming from the first sight of the craggy rock feature at the highest point of the estate by Piero Antinori in 1966. Cougar Rock Vineyard was the sole source for our inaugural wines. Nestled from 1,450 to 1,800 feet above sea level, the vineyard lies due east of Yountville, high up in the Vaca Mountain Range of the eastern hills in Napa Valley. Within the range rests Foss Valley, the original throughway from the coast to the Sacramento Valley for the early settlers in California. In the heart of Foss Valley, the 1200-acre estate encompasses the furthest eastward portion of the Atlas Peak AVA in Napa Valley.
  • Certifications: Sustainable Practices Minimal Intervention Winemaking Vegan
BRICK & MORTAR
Founded in 2011, brick & mortar focuses on single-vineyard Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah, from select high-elevation vineyards. Like the great European wineries, they believe that the best wines express a unique time and place. So they let each of their distinct Napa Valley, Sonoma Coast, and Mendocino Ridge vineyards speak for themselves, with minimal intervention. They pick early, ferment with native yeasts, and use oak and sulfur judiciously, resulting in low-alcohol wines of grace and finesse.
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About this wine
2019 Cougar Rock Chardonnay Bottle Image
Wine Details
This bottle has the following characteristics:
Napa Valley
Matt Iaconis
We strive to allow the site to shine in every wine we produce. The Chardonnay is whole-cluster pressed and allowed to settle via gravity before being transferred to french oak barrels (33% new). Native primary and fermentation occur lasting upwards of six months. No malolactic fermentation nor bâtonnage is performed to the barrels in order to preserve a pure expression of the vineyard, as the intense sunlight of the site creates incredible texture in the fruit. Our Chardonnay is aged in barrels for ten months before a light fining and filtration prior to bottling.
No malolactic
10 months in barrel
33% New French Oak
12.5
150