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We are currently offering three Chardonnays
from the Haynes Vineyard just down the road from us, the 2007 Cadman label, the 2008 Tulocay
label (black capsule), and the 2009 Tulocay label:
Cadman 2007 Haynes
Vineyard Chardonnay
Bill has chosen to use the Cadman label to honor his
parents, both pure in heart and pure in spirit. To this end he chooses
the best chardonnay grapes from the Haynes Vineyard and ferments and
ages them only in stainless steel. (Pure!)
An experienced wine taster might suspect that such a Chardonnay would be light in color, flavor, body
and substance. Such an expectation might be valid for the ocean of mass
produced and mass marketed Chardonnays today. But when a winemaker
selects only the best grapes from a uniquely located and cared for vineyard, the results are stunningly different.
If one were to compare the Cadman Chardonnay to a French equal, one
might think premier cru Meursault. Not the same by any means, but a
similar interpretation of
quite different raw material with the result being a wine of intense
golden color, complex bouquet, lingering finish and contemplative
aftertaste.
Only 70 cases bottled.
Tulocay 2008 Haynes Vineyard Chardonnay (black
capsule)
In 2008 Tulocay made two Chardonnays, both from the
Haynes Vineyard. A very small amount was aged in new oak and released
exclusively to our wine club, although some may
still be available at the winery. (Call to inquire.) It bears a yellow
capsule.
A larger amount, available to everyone, was aged in used
oak barrels. It bears a black capsule. (The two colors of capsule are a
paean to our German winemaking brethren.)
Both exhibit the classic cool climate Haynes Vineyard
style: Clear, clean fruit; full but not cloying; excellent as an
aperitif yet perfect with all manner of seafood dishes and other subtle
main courses.
Tulocay 2009 Haynes Vineyard Chardonnay
(yellow capsule)
Hey! Hey! What can we say? Tulocay! Chardonnay!! All the way!!!
Another winning Chardonnay from the Haynes Vineyard.
— Skippy, Chief Cellar Rat
The
Coombsville area's famed Haynes Vineyard
(photo courtesy of Whitford Cellars)
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“Red wine is what you
drink. White wine is what you wash pickups with.” — William
M. Weeks, former Napa Valley cabernet sauvignon winegrower
"The American elite is almost beyond
redemption.... Moral relativism has set in so deeply that the gilded
classes have become incapable of discerning right from wrong.
Everything can be explained away, especially by journalists. Life is
one great moral mush — sophistry washed down with Chardonnay."
— Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, British journalist and
writer
Mother Superior called all the nuns
together and said to them, "I must tell you all something. We have a
case of gonorrhea in the convent."
"Thank God," said an elderly nun at the
back. "I'm so tired of Chardonnay." — Anonymous
"O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil!" — Shakespeare, Othello, Act II, Scene iii
"The wine biz is not like selling canned peas. Things change." — Skippy
"Wine is both a blessing and a curse: A blessing upon the mind, a curse upon the body." — Vox Verax
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