2010 California Lodi Gold Chardonnay (#1 - Oaked)
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This year I'm going to try to blog about all of my wines for the Fall California season. If it works out well I'll continue into the Spring South American season and so on. There will be a separate post on each wine so people can read their interest. Please feel free to comment. 
2010 California Lodi Gold Chardonnay (#1 - Oaked)
The target style for this wine will be restrained oaked chardonnay.
Preliminary Plan:
Chardonnay – 6 gal. Juice
- Additives:
- Booster Blanc 10 - 12 g
- Oak: 60 Cubes American Medium Toast
[*]Yeast: Montrachet[*]Treatment: MLF/Surlie/Cold Stabilization[*]Bulk Aging: 1 year in carboy
Thoughts:
While going for a new world style I'm not interested in getting gob smacked by oak, butter and bready yeast. Towards that end I like RedStar Montrachet for a more burgundian profile (or as near as one might hope to get with CA grapes). Fermented cool and MLF'd with MBR 31 post fermentation. Oak to be added after fermentation and wine cold stabilized post MLF for 1 months @ frig temps (43F). After CS lees stirred at least once a month for 4-6 months. Wine to be filtered with 1 micron pads prior to bottling.
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