Cuvée Audrey

Talbott Chardonnay, Cuvée Audrey
Named after Robb’s mother Audrey Talbott, Cuvée Audrey is an unfined and unfiltered tête de cuvée selection of the very best lots from Talbott’s Diamond T Estate Vineyard. Treated with the same measure of exacting care given to the great grand cru vineyards, this tightly spaced, 24-acre vineyard grows in almost soil-free chalky shale on a 1,200-foot mountaintop. Due to the harsh growing conditions of this small, high-altitude site, Cuvée Audrey is an extremely limited release. The result is an incredibly powerful, yet refined, complex wine, revealing concentrated flavors of tropical pineapple, tart green apple, crème brûlée, vanilla bean, hazelnut, and minerals. Meticulously cared for, Diamond T consistently provides us with a wine that demonstrates elegance, finesse, and mineral characteristics, the signatures of the vineyard’s Corton-Charlemagne clone plantings and unique terroir.

Tasting Notes: 2002 2003

		Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate – August 2006 TALBOTT 2002 CUVEE AUDREY CHARDONNAY “The 2002 Chardonnay Diamond T Estate Cuvée Audrey possesses a distinctive earthy, spicy character along with plenty of honeysuckle and tropical fruit notes, full body, good weight and richness, and a subtle, restrained, noble/elegant personality. It is unlike any other California Chardonnay I have tasted.”
		Wine Enthusiast – July 2006 TALBOTT 2002 CUVEE AUDREY CHARDONNAY “Top Shelf Editors’ Choice” – Steve Heimoff

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