Chardonnay Pi

Description

Sonoma, CA- Refined and fresh with sliced apple and lemon aromas. Hints of stone. Medium to full body, an almost salty undertone.

Geography

Grapes were planted in Sonoma County at Fort Ross as early as 1812. Padre Jose Altimira planted several thousand grape vines at Mission San Francisco Solano in what is now the city of Sonoma, in southern Sonoma County. In the 1920s there were 256 wineries in Sonoma County, with more than 22,000 acres (89 km²) in production. During the Prohibition period, however, commercial winemaking declined. At the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, fewer than 50 wineries in Sonoma County survived. Even as late as the 1960s, only 12,000 acres (49 km²) were vineyards. But wine consumption in America began to grow, and by 1999 Sonoma County had over 49,000 acres (198 km²) of vineyards owned by more than 750 growers and 180 bonded wineries.^[5]Of the 250 wineries existing in 2007, over half are less than 20 years old.^[6]