2006 Magnum Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Richard Dinner Vineyard


Item Number: 214

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $145

Online Close: Mar 25, 2010 9:00 PM PDT

Bid History: 11 bids - Item Sold!

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You are bidding on a 2006 Magnum of Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Richard Dinner Vineyard Sonoma Mountain















Winemaker's Notes
The Dinner Vineyard has become known for the opulent, golden-hued, chardonnay we produce from its Old Wente clone vines. It is broad-shouldered, dense and viscous in the mouth with a unique, almost smoky quality on the finish. In the 2006 vintage, a spicy nose accompanies a luxuriant palate of fresh pear and ripe Fuji apple with nuanced accents of butterscotch and orange blossom. The finish unfolds effortlessly with notes of hazelnut, flint and crisp minerality that intermingle over a long, silky finish. Alcohol 14.6%
























































Vineyard
Owner/Manager Richard Dinner/Joe Votek
Vineyard Richard Dinner Vineyard
Clones Old Wente, Robert Young selection
Vineyard Age Planted in 1981, replanted in 1994
Site Hillside, northern exposure, Dark brown clay-loam and gravel with strata of volcanic tuft
Yield 1.9 tons/acre

Harvest
Harvest Date October 19
Harvest Brix 23.7°
Growing Season 2006 was slightly cooler overall than 2005 and began with delayed bud break due to a long, wet spring. The weather warmed in May, continuing through summer and into fall to provide the extended growing season needed for fruit to ripen fully. Harvest began late but was accelerated by mid-harvest rains in early October. Yields on Sonoma Mountain were lower than elsewhere in Sonoma County.


Winemaking
• Hand-harvested grapes
• Whole cluster, direct to press, cold
• Barrel fermented with indigenous yeasts; 5 months to completion
• Concurrent spontaneous malolactic fermentation, 6 months to completion
• Aged 10½ months in French oak barrels; 67% new, sur lies and stirred biweekly
• Unblended, unfined and unfiltered; bottled August 2007


Wine Spectator

James Laube

07/31/2008

90 points
Rich without being heavy or cloying, with a subtle mix of spicy pear, honeysuckle, spice and honeydew melon flavors that are elegant and restrained.  Drink now through 2011.

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