Gunflint

The taste or smell suggested by wet metal. Often used to describe sauvignon blancs, particularly OLD WORLD ones.

What winery was the first to plant chardonnay in the Napa Valley?

A. Robert Mondavi Winery

B. Schramsberg

C. Kendall Jackson

D. Stony Hill

Stony Hill, a small cult winery on Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain, planted chardonnay in 1947 and released their first bottle in 1952 at the then steep price of $1.95. Schramsberg Vineyards planted chardonnay for its famous sparkling wines in 1965. The Robert Mondavi Winery’s first chardonnay was planted in 1970. And Kendall Jackson, which is not located in the Napa Valley, made its first chardonnay in 1982 and now makes several million cases of chardonnay annually.

Autolysis

Autolysis is the name for the process whereby spent yeast cells decompose. When a wine is left sur lie, or “on the lees,” it remains in contact with the yeasts (now dead) that performed the… Continue reading

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