1 dozen bottles per lot
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KONGSGAARD
John and Maggy Kongsgaard introduced their family Chardonnay to the "outside world" with the release of the 1996 vintage. The primary vineyard source for Kongsgaard Chardonnay is the family's eight-acre Stonecrest, a stony hillside vineyard on a ridge just northeast of the town of Napa. Most of this shy-bearing, high-density vineyard is planted to the Shot-Wente clone of Chardonnay, and the yield ranges from one to two tons per acre. The resulting wine is rich, minerally, and intense. Production of the 1996 vintage was 600 cases and sold out prior to review. The case of 1997 Chardonnay is the first of this vintage offered to the market and the first case of magnums of Kongsgaard Chardonnay produced. Total production of the 1997 Kongsgaard Chardonnay is 860 cases of bottles and 5 cases of magnums. Official release date is August 15, 1999.
Kongsgaard Chardonnay--Vintage 1996
Napa Valley
In original carton
Drink now through 2004." Wine Spectator, 1/31/99
1 dozen bottles per lot
CH /1996/Kongsgaard
John and Maggy Kongsgaard introduced their family Chardonnay to the "outside world" with the release of the 1996 vintage. The primary vineyard source for Kongsgaard Chardonnay is the family's eight-acre Stonecrest, a stony hillside vineyard on a ridge just northeast of the town of Napa. Most of this shy-bearing, high-density vineyard is planted to the Shot-Wente clone of Chardonnay, and the yield ranges from one to two tons per acre. The resulting wine is rich, minerally, and intense. Production of the 1996 vintage was 600 cases and sold out prior to review. The case of 1997 Chardonnay is the first of this vintage offered to the market and the first case of magnums of Kongsgaard Chardonnay produced. Total production of the 1997 Kongsgaard Chardonnay is 860 cases of bottles and 5 cases of magnums. Official release date is August 15, 1999.
Kongsgaard Chardonnay--Vintage 1996
Napa Valley
In original carton
Drink now through 2004." Wine Spectator, 1/31/99
1 dozen bottles per lot
CH /1996/Kongsgaard