<H1>FUTURES: Clos Pepe Estate 2007 Chardonnay (no oak) -- Clos Pepe Estate Shopping Cart</H1>
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-- <I>Release Date: February 1, 2009</I>
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FUTURES are on sale until December 31, 2008. These wines are released for pickup or shipping February 1, 2009, and most orders ship in the first two weeks of February.<BR><BR>The 2007 Clos Pepe Estate Chardonnay continues a nine year tradition of making a Sta. Rita Hills white wine in the tradition of Chablis. 75% of the wine is fermented and aged in small stainless casks, while 25% is fermented and aged in neutral French oak. The resulting wine is delicate, minerally and quite cellar-worthy.<BR><BR>This year's (2007) Homage to Chablis is only a slight departure from previous years. The wine has a touch of residual sweetness (about half a percent, hardly noticable), which serves as an excellent foil for its strong acidity. We have also added the Dijon 76 clone (50%) to the usual Wente Clone that has made up the HtC wines of the past.<BR><BR>Primary fermentation took almost 9 months for this wine in a very cool cellar--we hope you will be as patient with this wine and allow it to rest at least a few years in the cellar before enjoying it with artisan cheeses, shellfish, sushi, BBQ ribs--it's a great food wine!<BR><BR>Expect some honeyed and floral-infused apple, pear and tropical fruit note in this wine's youth, buoyed by excellent mineral structure and firm acid.</P>
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