{"id":11871,"date":"2016-05-16T16:29:26","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T16:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ridgewineprod.wpengine.com\/?post_type=news_item&#038;p=11871"},"modified":"2021-03-26T17:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:05:46","slug":"2014-estate-chardonnay-receives-95-point-review","status":"publish","type":"news_item","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgewine.com\/about\/news\/2014-estate-chardonnay-receives-95-point-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Estate Chardonnay Receives 95 Point Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Our 2014 Estate Chardonnay received an average 95 point score and &#8220;Outstanding&#8221; from Decanter Magazine&#8217;s three person panel tasting, featured in their new issue on California Chardonnay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Ridge&#8217;s two Chardonnay&#8217;s come from its superb Monte Bello vineyards high up in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Although Monte Bello is better known for its Cabernets, Chardonnay has always occupied about 5% of the vineyard area, and Ridge began to produce Chardonnay from those mature vines in 1962. The old vines have been gradually replanted since 1985. Winemaking is similar for both wines, with whole-cluster pressing, barrel-fermentation with natural yeasts, and an ageing of 14 months in more than 90% American oak. In this vintage 23% new oak was used.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Brook &#8211; 95 Points<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Reticent apricot nose, with considerable purity of fruit. Fresh attack &#8211; lean and sleek &#8211; with vibrant apricot and citrus fruit; taut and intense. A wine with pungency and structure, and an almost Burgundian persistence of flavour. Harmonious, textured and long.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy Howard MW &#8211; 95 Points<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Good Weight on the palate with attractive notes of ripe stone fruit and fresh acidity. Very well-balanced oak, aromas of gunflint, and a long and complex finish. This will age well.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mark Andrew &#8211; 95 Points<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Lovely gunsmoke character; very inviting. Rich and full bodied &#8211; dare I say a very masculine Chardonnay? Lots of stature and presence. Very woody at the moment, but an excellent example of full-bodied Chardonnay.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button transparent\" href=\"\/wines\/2014-estate-chardonnay\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[7,53,51],"tags":[384,66,60,58],"promos":[],"class_list":["post-11871","news_item","type-news_item","status-publish","hentry","category-international","category-press","category-wines","tag-2014-estate-chardonnay","tag-decanter-magazine","tag-estate-chardonnay","tag-monte-bello"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2014 Estate Chardonnay Receives 95 Point Review - Ridge Vineyards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ridgewine.com\/about\/news\/2014-estate-chardonnay-receives-95-point-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2014 Estate Chardonnay Receives 95 Point Review - Ridge Vineyards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our 2014 Estate Chardonnay received an average 95 point score and &#8220;Outstanding&#8221; from Decanter Magazine&#8217;s three person panel tasting, featured in their new issue on California Chardonnay. 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