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Jamie Kutch describes 2016 as a pretty uneventful vintage with generous yields and none of the shocks of 2015. All of the 2016s were done with 100% whole clusters and aged entirely in neutral oak, with the exception of the Chardonnay, which saw about 20% new wood. One of the departures in 2016 is the appellation Pinot which is a blend of the four sites that are vineyard designated and no longer relies on fruit from other sources (Campbell Ranch and Sonoma Stage in the past). Kutch bottled the 2016 Pinots in July 2017, which is on the early side, but the malos were also done quickly that year. The 2015 Pinots, which were bottled in late January/early February 2017, were even better than they were when I tasted them from tank. To be sure, the 2015s show an unreal level of concentration that is the result of an accumulation of four years of drought and yields that were off by a whopping 60%.

(Originally published in Sonoma Preview: January 2018 New Releases)

From Sonoma’s Stellar 2016s (Apr 2018) by Antonio Galloni

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2015 Chardonnay (Sonoma Coast)

Release Price: $42

Color: White

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