2011 Chardonnay Alder Springs Vineyard
United States
Monterey County
Central Coast
White
Chardonnay
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2013 - 2017
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Rhys fans will note the availability of three wines this year from Alesia, Rhys's second label. In 2011, production from Rhys's estate vineyards was tiny, so proprietor Kevin Harvey opted to round out his range with these three wines, all of which are made from purchased fruit. Naturally, Harvey would rather focus on Rhys, so in vintages with more normal yields, there are no Alesia wines.
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"We've never worked so hard for so little wine," Kevin Harvey told me as we tasted through his 2011s."We just got murdered" on yields, he said, pointing out that production was off by a full 75% from normal, "and that was after 2010, which was low as well."For example, only 3 barrels of wine were made from his 10-acre Alpine vineyard this vintage and while that's the most extreme example, "it was brutal across the board."To compensate, Harvey has at least temporarily revived his negociant label, Alesia, for 2011 "because we had access to fruit grown in great vineyards by people we trust," meaning Alder Springs for chardonnay and pinot noir.The barrel program continues to be refined here and winemaker Jeff Brinkman is working with Francois Freres barrels that are made from 4-year air-dried staves that Rhys purchases and delivers to the cooperage in St. Romain for construction.
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