<H1>Lot 91 2007 Russian River Chardonnay -- Cameron Hughes Wine Shopping Cart</H1> <B>$13.00</B> -- <I>Lot 91 2007 Russian River Chardonnay</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/chw/images/btl_lot_922.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="Lot 91 2007 Russian River Chardonnay" NAME="Lot 91 2007 Russian River Chardonnay" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> <b>Vintage:</b> 2007<br /><b>Appellation:</b> Russian River Valley, Sonoma County<br /><b>Varietal:</b> 100% Chardonnay<br /><b>Alcohol:</b> 13.9%<br /><b>Production:</b> 10,000 cases<br /><b>Drink/Hold:</b> Late summer 2008 through 2015<br /><b>Release Date:</b> December 2007<br /><br /><br /><b>Taste:</b>&nbsp; Brilliant yellow-gold color reveals new oak influence. Toasted, nutty oak nose opens up to reveal mango and pineapple and floral notes. On the palate, tropical fruits/banana intermingle with pretty acid backbone. This wine has just begun to reveal itself and finishes with toasty, carmelly (if such a word exists) oak notes with a hint of citrus and lemon verbena shining through&#8230;much more to come as this fleshes out and matures in the bottle.<br /><b><br />Cameron Confidential:</b>&nbsp; A famous Sonoma winery came to us late last summer with an opportunity: they had two ranches, which they had contracted for additional growth but had been unable as yet to use the fruit. Rather than break the contracts, they wanted to make the wines for us. With supply tightening on chardonnay we leapt at the opportunity. <br /><br />The house style of this producer is a brighter style of RRV chardonnay with judicious use of oak and no malolactic fermentation. These wines are built to pair well with food and this is evidenced by the producer&#8217;s huge presence on US wine lists. Their production processes are second to none with hand-sorting, whole cluster pressing, and top-quality French oak barrel fermentations. 50% of this blend was fermented in new oak barrels and is one of three blends we assembled from the numerous blocks harvested from two Russian River Valley Ranches. Compare at $25-30 which is where the producers RRV Chard is priced.<br /><br /></P> <P> <LI>SKU: LOT09107B <LI>Cost: $13.00 </P> <P><B>Other wines in the category <A HREF="http://store.chwine.com/Category7" TITLE="White">White</A>:</B> <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product185 TITLE="Holiday Gift Bag">Holiday Gift Bag</A> -- Holiday Gift Bag <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product77 TITLE="Lot 25 1998 Carneros Sparkling Wine">Lot 25 1998 Carneros Sparkling Wine</A> -- Lot 25 <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product115 TITLE="Lot 26 2006 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc">Lot 26 2006 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc</A> -- Lot 26 <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product99 TITLE="Lot 68 2007 Margaret River Chardonnay">Lot 68 2007 Margaret River Chardonnay</A> -- Lot 68 2007 Margaret River Chardonnay <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product137 TITLE="Lot 80 2006 Santa Ynez Valley Chardonnay">Lot 80 2006 Santa Ynez Valley Chardonnay</A> -- Lot 80 2006 Santa Ynez Valley Chardonnay <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product151 TITLE="Lot 92 2004 Margaret River Chardonnay">Lot 92 2004 Margaret River Chardonnay</A> -- Lot 92 2004 Margaret River Chardonnay <BR clear=left><BR><LI><A HREF=http://store.chwine.com/Product152 TITLE="Lot 97 2004 Western Australia Chardonnay">Lot 97 2004 Western Australia Chardonnay</A> -- Lot 97 2004 Western Australia Chardonnay </P> <BR clear=left><BR><P><A HREF="http://store.chwine.com" TITLE="Cameron Hughes Wine Wines">Cameron Hughes Wine Wines</A></P> <BR clear=left><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.chwine.com">Cameron Hughes Wine</A> <BR>Cameron Hughes Wine Online Store powered by Nexternal <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart software">shopping cart software</A>