2013 STONY HILL NAPA VALLEY CHARDONNAY

2013 STONY HILL NAPA VALLEY CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA. 100% Chardonnay.

Stony Hill is synonomous with old school California Chardonnay. Not the big, buttery bombs of the last generation, but the Chardonnay produced before that - the elegant, restrained, Burgundian-styled kinds, of the ilk that won the famous 1973 Judgement of Paris. Since its inception in the late 1940s, Stony Hill has been dedicated to balanced, varietally correct wines with moderate alcohol and vibrant acidity. We are delighted the Chardonnay trend has shifted back to lighter, restrained Chardonnays, but the result is that as more folks become turned on to Stony Hill, the harder the wines are to get...Grown, produced and bottled at the historic Stony Hill Estate on Spring Mountain in the Napa Valley, this Chard was aged for ten months in French oak and finished at a mere 13.2% ABV. It's stunning, with a core of lemony citrus and creamy aromas and flavors, a firm backbone of acidity and fine core of minerals. Stony Hill is an island of old world sensibility in the middle of new school Napa. A true diamond in the rough. From one of the oldest and most historic properties in the valley, this winery and its wines are worth knowing.