Arnot-Roberts Watson Ranch Napa Chardonnay 2017

Winery: "Watson Ranch Vineyard is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the San Pablo Bay at the southernmost end of the NapaValley. The ranch was named after early Napa attorney, Augustus Watson, who owned the property in the early 1900s. The adjacent property is an abandonedlimestone quarry which historically employed over 300 people, mining material to make portland cement used to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.Exposed and unprotected from the elements, this wind-whipped site was planted in 1993 by the talented Napa Valley veteran grower Salvador Ramos. Soilsat Watson Ranch are composed of calcareous clay over limestone. This soil type is extremely rare on the North Coast but shows itself in a narrow fin atthe tail end of the Vaca Mountains in Southern Napa County. This fractured, well-drained calcareous soil, coupled with organic farming and cool windy conditions,imbue this parcel with great potential to produce world-class Chardonnay. The fruit we harvest each year from Watson is consistently textural and vibrantwith underpinnings of ample natural acidity and salinity." Bottle 750ml, cork Farming Organic Varietal 100 percent Chardonnay Alcohol 12.7 percent Total Acidity 6.4g/L Residual Sugar andlt;1g/L pH 3.54 Aging 10 months in neutral French oak barrels, 225L Region Napa Valley, California