Marcassin, Gauer Upper Barn Chardonnay, Alexander Valley 1991
Marcassin · California · Alexander Valley
LWIN: 1445587
Marcassin, Gauer Upper Barn Chardonnay, Alexander Valley, neighbouring vintages
Wine facts
- Country
- United States
- Region
- California
- Sub-region
- Alexander Valley
- Type
- White
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About Marcassin
Marcassin, Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer's label, now bottles only Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from its own dry-farmed estate near Fort Ross on the Sonoma Coast: about 20 acres of fractured volcanic soil roughly two-thirds Pinot Noir. Chardonnay clones include Wente, Mt. Eden and Hyde; Pinot draws on Swan, Calera and Pommard, and Bessie's Block Pinot Noir is a small separate bottling. Chardonnay is pressed as whole clusters, Pinot destemmed and cold-soaked; both ferment on native yeasts, age about a year in new François Frères barrels and are bottled unfined and unfiltered. Rich, opulent and ripe, they are released around five years after the vintage.
- Region
- Sonoma Coast, California
- Owner
- Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer
- Vineyards
- Marcassin Estate, about 20 acres near Fort Ross, volcanic soil, dry-farmed
- Grapes
- Pinot Noir (about two-thirds), Chardonnay
- Wines
- Marcassin Estate Chardonnay, Marcassin Estate Pinot Noir, Bessie's Block Pinot Noir; earlier Blue Slide Ridge and Three Sisters (Martinelli-owned) bottlings
- Style
- Rich, opulent; native yeast, new François Frères oak, unfined and unfiltered, released about five years after vintage
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