2004 Porter-Bass Chardonnay (Current Releases) -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart -- Chardonnay Porter-Bass 2004

<H1>2004 Porter-Bass Chardonnay -- Tandem Winery Shopping Cart</H1> $48.00 <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/tandem/images/04PBCH%20-%20main.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="2004 Porter-Bass Chardonnay" NAME="2004 Porter-Bass Chardonnay" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> Sue Porter and Dirck Bass have been farming the saddle at the top of Mays Canyon since the early 70’s, raising children and winegrapes in a wholesome, rural environment that has lead to deeply satisfying results. The wines we have made from their grapes have twice been rated “Best Chardonnay in the World” – we feel their biodynamic farming practices have something to do with this! As good an accolade this is, however, we would hasten to say that their best accomplishment has been helping their kids grow into splendid adults, fine young people we are fortunate to count as our friends and fellow winegrowers. Thank you, Sue and Dirck, for all of your efforts! Should you wish to sample the Porter-Bass Zinfandel that son Luke produces under the family label, you can call him at (707) 869-1475. Tasting Notes: The bent of the Tandem Porter-Bass Vineyard Chardonnay is always Euro-centric, with this year especially so. Picked at what would be considered by many to be much lower sugar than most of California is used to these days, the focus of the 2004 Porter-Bass is one of delicate floral notes and wisps of sauvage on the nose, with a mineral, flinty presentation to the mouth. Fine acid and tannin balance indicate that, as with our past Porter-Bass efforts, this wine will age incredibly well. For the patient oenophile, the best is yet to come as this wine gains in complexity and strength. Technical Data: <ul> <li>Vineyard: Much has been said and written about this far-west viticultural outpost of the Russian River. Farmed with Biodynamic practices on a saddle just south of the Russian River, Sue’s careful farming allows Chardonnay to ripen on their Northeast-facing slopes in years when even flatlanders have trouble ripening crop. The viticulture here is challenging and there is little room for error in this cool site. Sue is up to the challenge!</li> <li>Harvest: Two lots of separate clones of first Rued (Musque) at 22.0 Brix and then Wente at 23.8 Brix were harvested about 10 days apart in mid-to-late September. The yield was miniscule, with only about 0.8 tons/acre being given up by the land.</li> <li>Fermentation: the Rued clone’s juice was inoculated after skin-contact for 12 hours, basket pressing, and cold-setting with a touch of organic skim milk and egg white fining, with a yeast preferential to the floral tones of which this clone is capable of producing. The Wente clone was uninoculated and allowed to go to barrel without settling or racking, producing a hot fermentation that have yielded up the sauvage et animale tones that are characteristic of the yeast-juice interaction for which Porter-Bass is best known.</li> <li>Barrel aging: after 100% barrel fermentation in 1/3 new French oak, the wine was aged on its lees with only two stirrings until racking in April. Further cold-setting in stainless steel was conducted for 8 weeks before a light fining of isinglass and bentonite clarified the wine before the unfiltered bottling.</li> <li>Bottling: 446 cases were bottled unfiltered.</li> <ul><li>pH: 3.34</li> <li>TA: 7.1 g/L</li> <li>13.4% alcohol</li> <li>residual sugar: 0.08%</li> <li>Appellation: Russian River Valley</li> </ul> </ul> <LI>SKU: 04CHPB Other products in the category <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Category1" TITLE="Current Releases">Current Releases</A>: <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product73 TITLE="2005 Aldine Zinfandel">2005 Aldine Zinfandel</A> -- New Release! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product74 TITLE="2006 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2006 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> -- New Release! <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product71 TITLE="2005 Porter-Bass Chardonnay">2005 Porter-Bass Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product51 TITLE="2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2005 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product69 TITLE="2006 Lorenzo Chardonnay">2006 Lorenzo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product66 TITLE="2006 Manchester Ridge Chardonnay">2006 Manchester Ridge Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product67 TITLE="2006 Sangiacomo Chardonnay">2006 Sangiacomo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product59 TITLE="2005 Kent Ritchie Chardonnay">2005 Kent Ritchie Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product47 TITLE="2005 Lorenzo Chardonnay">2005 Lorenzo Chardonnay</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product39 TITLE="2004 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2004 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product65 TITLE="2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir">2005 van der Kamp Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product68 TITLE="2006 Auction Block Pinot noir">2006 Auction Block Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product72 TITLE="2006 Sangiacomo Pinot noir">2006 Sangiacomo Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product70 TITLE="2006 Silver Pines Pinot noir">2006 Silver Pines Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product62 TITLE="2006 van der Kamp Pinot Meunier">2006 van der Kamp Pinot Meunier</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product50 TITLE="2005 Chris Lee Pinot noir">2005 Chris Lee Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product54 TITLE="2005 Auction Block Pinot noir">2005 Auction Block Pinot noir</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product56 TITLE="2005 Peloton Red Wine">2005 Peloton Red Wine</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product60 TITLE="2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese">2004 Gabrielli Sangiovese</A> <LI><A HREF=http://www.nexternal.com/tandem/Product40 TITLE="2004 Aldine Zinfandel">2004 Aldine Zinfandel</A> <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/tandem" TITLE="Tandem Winery Products">Tandem Winery Products</A> <A HREF="http://www.tandemwinery.com">Tandem Winery</A> Tandem Winery <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="ecommerce software">ecommerce software</A> powered by Nexternal