FAILLA 2011 CHARDONNAY
SONOMA COAST 750mL
When Ehren Jordan isn’t working his magic as winemaker at Turley creating ripe, jammy, hedonistic Zinfandels and Petite Sirahs, he is making beautiful, elegant and nuanced wines under the Failla label (his wife’s maiden name). Ehren passionately seeks out distinct vineyards with top-notch quality along the Sonoma Coast, looking for places that truly express terroir.This is the second vintage in which 20% of Failla's young-vine Chardonnay blend was fermented and aged in concrete egg vessels. The remainder fermented and aged for 10 months in French oak, only 15% new and barely perceptible in the finished wine's flinty nose balanced with citrusy scents of grapefruit and lime filled out with a hint of jasmine and oyster-shell. The textural contributions of the concrete-fermented lots nicely balance the wine's vibrant mouth-watering acidity.
WINE SPECTATOR 92 POINTS - "Pure, clean scents of ripe apple, melon, pear and subtle citrus form the core of this bright, elegant, delicate version. Subtle oak comes through on the finish. Drink now through 2019. 900 cases made."
