2012 Heart Of Gold El Dorado County

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

California

Color

White

Grape/Blend

White Blend

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Steve Edmunds told me that "since 2011 was cool all year except for a couple of meaningless heat spikes," the only hope for getting good or, less probably, high sugar levels and true fruit maturity was to delay harvest as long as possible, "otherwise you got greenness, and greenness doesn't mean freshness."In the case of his syrah that meant picking at the end of October, which he said was a full month later than normal for El Dorado.There was very good acid retention, though, which gives the wines a measure of vivacity that suits his style, "which has always been for energy over weight."