Producer: Au Bon Climat
Wine: Hildegard
Vintage: 2006
Region: Santa Maria Valley, California
Rating: 93KB
Coin: 27.5USD
Tasted: 4/11/12
Notes: "This wine is a blend of 55% Pinot Beurot (A burgundian clone of Pinot Gris)
and 40% Pinot Blanc grown at Bien Nacido in plantings developed for Au Bon
Climat. It also contains 5% Aligote. “Hildegard” is a recreation of the original
planting of the Corton Charlemagne vineyard in 800 A.D.
As always, the grapes were hand-picked, whole cluster pressed, and barrel
fermented in predominantly new François Freres barrels after light settling. Each lot
finished malo-lactic fermentation and was matured sur lie and in the same barrels for
12 months. The wine was then racked, blended, lightly fined, and bottled without
filtration after 6 more months of barrel elevage.
With Hildegard we get texture and length from the Pinot Gris, richness
and mid-palate from the Pinot Blanc, and finishing acidity & minerality from the
homeopathic inclusion of Aligote’. The ‘06 Hildegard possesses aromas of violet,
marzipan, coconut, lavender, truffle, and licorice. Its flavor profile follows suit
exactly with excellent integration. As the vineyards have matured, Hildegard has
become more nuanced and distinctive."
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