2013 Stonestreet Alexander Mountain Estate Upper Barn Chardonnay, Alexander Valley, USA (750ml) Grande Cru presenting the bottle in a

presenting the bottle in a gold-and-robin's egg blue box

is packed with dark plum fruit

The blend is 60% Grenache

The wine is aged for up to 6 months on the lees to give it a lovely full body

Dominique Hébrard and the Ghosn family

2013 Stonestreet Alexander Mountain Estate Upper Barn Chardonnay, Alexander Valley, USA (750ml) Grande Cru presenting the bottle in aTASTING NOTES: The 2013 Upper Barn, a vineyard that Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer made famous, spends 11 months in 49% new French oak and is fermented with indigenous yeasts. This is all Old Wente clone material, planted in 1982, so its among the older Chardonnay vineyards in Northern California. This wine always seems to have great acidity and loads of orange blossom, marmalade, honeysuckle and lemon blossom characteristics. The 2013 Upper Barn