Russian River Backyard Chardonnay Trio
$34.99 + $5 shipping
Condition: White
Product: 1 C & T Cellars Chardonnay 3 Pack
Okay, I’m a bit dense. Not quite getting the clues.
CT Link above ($14.50/bottle average).
Think I got first sucker
Wahoo! SWMBO enjoys Chard, and we’re both pretty novice wine drinkers and learning more about’em, and this was relatively inexpensive so it was easy buy. Not that price determines quality, but WD has had a pretty good track record of quality juice…
Russian River Backyard Chardonnay Trio
Current numbers (updated each minute)
First sucker: vwap
Speed to first woot: 0m -2.-990s
Russian River = j-o-h-n is in
ARRRRGGGHH!!! Totally thought I had it. rats
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If woot! wants to sell me something, it’s gotta be for the stereo in my car! … yknow, the normal woot. Or sellout.
Was wondering what the barrel-ageing in neutral oak for 12 month, then putting it back into stainless does for the wine?
For all those new to “Labrat” and/or “rattery” …..
Cheron98 has kindly put all information about the Labrat program at the beginning of the Labrat Thread (where she kindly and graciously cross-posts all the labrat posts into one convenient place).
She has the rules of “rattery” there. As well as a listing of the labrats and offers from June 2 of last year (2008).
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Winery Link: C&T Cellars
Link to last offer and last thread by C&T Cellars (August 19, 2007).
So, assuming Trent will meander over this way, I don’t think I’ve seen a wine offered here that started in oak (neutral or otherwise), and then put back into stainless. I assume the reason for returning the wine to stainless vs. bottling was to age it en masse.
How much longer was the wine in the big tanks and what led to the decision to bulk-age vs. bottle and hold then age in the bottle?
edit: evidently MDS saw that as well, but was not quite so distracted by “Deadliest Catch” and typed faster.
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So, assuming Trent will meander over this way, I don’t think I’ve seen a wine offered here that started in oak (neutral or otherwise), and then put back into stainless. I assume the reason for returning the wine to stainless vs. bottling was to age it en masse.
How much longer was the wine in the big tanks and what led to the decision to bulk-age vs. bottle and hold then age in the bottle?
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And I’ll assume that the neutral oak makes this less buttery and more crisp/acidic?
ps. Corrado - your facebook link is expired
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So, assuming Trent will meander over this way, I don’t think I’ve seen a wine offered here that started in oak (neutral or otherwise), and then put back into stainless. I assume the reason for returning the wine to stainless vs. bottling was to age it en masse.
How much longer was the wine in the big tanks and what led to the decision to bulk-age vs. bottle and hold then age in the bottle?
edit: evidently MDS saw that as well, but was not quite so distracted by “Deadliest Catch” and typed faster.
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Muwhahahahahahaha!
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So, assuming Trent will meander over this way, I don’t think I’ve seen a wine offered here that started in oak (neutral or otherwise), and then put back into stainless. I assume the reason for returning the wine to stainless vs. bottling was to age it en masse.
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Or, as I am hoping, to tame the oakiness that is over-prevalent in a lot of Napa chardonnays
Does anyone know how “oaky” this particular chardonnay is? I am NOT a fan of the big, malolactic/oak-heavy chards, and much prefer the crisper “green apple/citrus” style chardonnays…
If its the latter, I’m in for three!
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And I’ll assume that the neutral oak makes this less buttery and more crisp/acidic?
ps. Corrado - your facebook link is expired
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“fixed” the sig (was thinking that it was a bit outdated anywho.)
As for the barrel aging, I would also expect that the neutral oaking was designed to minimize the ‘new oak’ effect. My big curiosity was that the wine was returned back to stainless before bottling.
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“fixed” the sig (was thinking that it was a bit outdated anywho.)
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A picture of a semi-frozen, wet man with a grimace on his face is never outdated. Hmmm, where’s Eric when you need a straight man?
(see what I did there?)
Trent, the real question may be at what stage was the fruit/juice when you purchased it? Did you by surplus fruit? Was it already fermented, was it just juice, or was it in the referenced oak barrels waiting for someone like to to come along and figure out if they wanted to put it into new oak or just combine a bunch of barrels into a giant stainless vat?
What can you tell us about this specific wine purchase you made (without getting in trouble as you mention in the blog)? I think what the others are asking as well (along with me) is along the lines of, “why did you make the decisions you did with this wine?” That is if there were any to be made other than the purchase if it was in a “final stage”.
And just in case you didn’t have enough notice with CJ’s PSA, Colorado #3 is next weekend in Denver. Anyone and everyone is welcome! We are close to being outnumbered by out-of-towners as it is! Come join the fun!
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Trent, the real question may be at what stage was the fruit/juice when you purchased it? Did you by surplus fruit? Was it already fermented, was it just juice, or was it in the referenced oak barrels waiting for someone like to to come along and figure out if they wanted to put it into new oak or just combine a bunch of barrels into a giant stainless vat?
What can you tell us about this specific wine purchase you made (without getting in trouble as you mention in the blog)? I think what the others are asking as well (along with me) is along the lines of, “why did you make the decisions you did with this wine?” That is if there were any to be made other than the purchase if it was in a “final stage”.
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Seconded.