Amapola Creek Jos Belli Chard RRV 2018 750ml (No Barcode)

Amapola Creek Jos Belli Chard RRV 2018 750ml (No Barcode)Our Chardonnay is grown by Joseph Belli, a close friend and longtime business associate of Richards. Joe has planted his grapes next to his home, a few miles south of Healdsburg on the western end of the Russian River Valley. The vineyard is set just past the edge of the valley floor, where the land starts to lift up into rolling hills. These steep, terraced hillsides provide excellent drainage for the vines, reducing the water available to the roots,

Pear Williams Purkhart is highly aromatic of ripe pear skin on the nose and finishes with a long pear fruit finish

Aged in old oak foudres

On the palate

Round and creamy

Ours is a quintessential Napa Cab in the glass

+450ft deep well

vineyard peach

Velvety plush tannins and elegant structure give a full-bodied mouthfeel that leads to flavors of ripe dark fruit

Apple tart

velvety texture but there is excellent acidity and well-integrated tannins which emerge on the finish

Complex with soft round tannins

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