Descrição

Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay é um vinho envelhecido em madeira feito pela Shafer com a variedade Chardonnay. O resultado é um branco sério, cremoso e elegante, feito no coração do Vale de Napa


Detalhes do produto

A adega
Shafer Vineyards
Tipo
Branco
Colheita
2022
Álcool
14.5% vol.
Variedade
100% Chardonnay
Origem
Napa Valley

Prova

Nariz
Aromas de frutas brancas e cítricas, notas de baunilha e toques de mel e balsâmicos.
Boca
Em boca é intenso, fresco e volumoso. Um vinho saboroso, de textura sedosa, acidez brilhante e final longo e persistente.

Vinha e preparação

Descrição
O Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch Chardonnay vem de uma fazenda na região de Carneros, uma das áreas mais frescas do Vale de Napa.
Idade
As vinhas foram plantadas em 1980.
Colheita
A vindima é feita quando a uva atinge o ponto ideal de maturação e é cultivada através de uma agricultura que respeita o meio ambiente.
Vinificação
As uvas são prensadas suavemente e o mosto resultante fermenta 75% em barricas e o restante em depósitos de inox.
Envelhecimento
Estágio durante 12 meses em barricas de carvalho francês de 225 litros.

Avaliação dos especialistas

Wine Enthusiast:

All elegance and silk, this beautifully balanced wine offers a lively texture, with subtle lemon, toast and kiwi flavors on a full body. The mouthfeel is graceful and mouthwatering, backed by acidity that perfectly meets the generous fruit flavors. Making a wine of this caliber in thousands of cases is quite an accomplishment. Best from 2027–2032.

Jeb Dunnuck:

I love the 2022 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch. It's a richer, broad, yet still fresh and lively Chardonnay with ripe citrus and pineapple fruits, medium to full body, a layered mouthfeel, and terrific toast, brioche, honeysuckle, and lemon oil aromatics. It will keep for 4-6 years, if not longer, but I love it today.

The Wine Advocate:

A modern-day classic, Shafer's 2022 Chardonnay Red Shoulder Ranch continues the tradition, delivering pristine pineapple notes alongside hints of citrus curd, pencil shavings and mocha. Full-bodied, round and generous, this no-malolactic-fermentation Chardonnay harmoniously tapers down into a clean, crisp finish. The only quibble with this vintage is that it may show a touch of alcoholic warmth.

James Suckling:

A vibrant, agile and poised Chardonnay with aromas of pears, apples, sweet spices, jasmine and hints of stones. It’s medium- to full-bodied with precise definition on the palate. Fresh acidity and crunchy fruity at the center and a velvety touch to the edge, bringing volume and a voluptuous character throughout. Lively and long finish. Drink or hold.

Decanter:

Beautifully deep golden colour flecked with emerald hues. A full-flavoured, round, expressive Chardonnay with a host of spicy ginger, salted lemon peel, honeycomb and sea shell mineral nuances. It is so round and creamy on the palate but balanced by ripe acidity, which seems to hit the palate with such precision that it builds tension only after the rich, sweet fruit character pulls you in. Everything aforementioned reemerges on the long finish layered with jasmine, ginger cream and sweet cedar.