2012 Chardonnay
United States
Spring Mountain
Napa
White
Chardonnay
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2014 - 2018
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Vineyard 7 & 8 is currently undergoing a transition. Martha McClellan has taken over the winemaking reins from Luc Morlet with the 2014 harvest. Proprietors Wes Steffens and McClellan told me they plan to pick a little later than was the norm. Indeed, when I stopped by in September 2014, all the Cabernet was still on the vine, while a good portion of the harvest was well under way or finished elsewhere. Steffens and McClellan also plan to do more small lot fermentations in barrel and give the wines more time in oak than was previously the case. Going forward, the focus will be on estate grown fruit, which means the Russian River Chardonnay and Oakville Cabernets are gone from the lineup. It's great to see the Steffens family taking a greater role in the direction of their estate. Although Luc Morlet is a very talented winemaker, there is no question there is a certain sameness to his wines across his various projects, something that, to be fair, can also be the result of owners who don't really know what they want to achieve. Needless to say, it will be interesting to see how things develop at Vineyard 7 & 8 in the coming years. In the past, these have always been fairly extracted Cabernets. My sense is these rugged hillside sites require considerable care.
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