2017 FLOWERS SONOMA COAST CHARDONNAY

Flowers Chardonnay perfectly combines a seamless elegance with highly-expressive fruit characteristics, balanced with fresh, lively acidity.  It’s this undeviating style that’s led them to become one of the premier Chardonnay producers in the New World, and their new 94 Point Sonoma Coast Chardonnay is a brilliant example.

There’s a reason why many of California’s most iconic Chardonnay producers including Peter Michael, Marcassin, Martinelli, Fort Ross and Pahlmeyer all source fruit from the Fort Ross Seaview AVA.  The close proximity to the Pacific Ocean results in a long, cool growing season, which allows the grapes to reach their optimum potential.

Flowers hand-sorts their fruit on their custom-built shaker table before gently dispersing the berries onto the next sorting table, where six sorters assess every cluster before allowing only the best fruit to pass through into the fermenters.  It’s then gently transferred by gravity into small stainless steel tanks for fermentation, then French oak barrels for 12 months.  The 2017 vintage dramatically showcases all of the best hallmarks that I love about Flowers Chardonnay.

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