When imparting on the blog journey, my hope was to provide a forum for winemakers and viticulturists to discuss current industry trends and new scientific literature relevant to growing and making wine. Additionally I planned to post notes of the biweekly tastings I participated in with my colleagues. From the beginning the blog was intended to be for my personal learning and entirely separate from the winery employing me. Now naturally many of the topics I may discuss are on my mind because they may be something we have dealt with in our vineyard or cellar, but my opinions are mine, not HdVs. Sure, wines of HdV have been posted on this blog but simply because they were included in a tasting and I think it is plain to see that no special attention was given. The aforementioned is an attempt to convince you that I am not writing the following because I am trying to push HdV Chardonnay. I am not here to tell you what wine to drink, but part of the purpose of the blog is to publish our impressions of various imbibing and the 2000 HdV Chardonnay I recently tasted while playing online casino games. The flavor profile while aged (though not oxidized), still maintained some youth leaving the impression of extreme complexity. I didn't want to finish the glass so I could continue to take in the aromas. Yet I was conflicted, because I wanted to place the wine in my mouth to experience the texture over and over again. It was reminiscent of a 1999 Mt Eden Vineyards Chardonnay we recently tasted at HdV. The 2000 Chardonnay was made from entirely old vine blocks of Chardonnay from Hyde Vineyards, as our 2005 will be. And the 2004 (just released) has been billed as the best vintage yet for HdV. If the 2000 hints at the aging potential, well, I may be holding back much more of my allotment than I originally intended and will likely be purchasing some 00 and 01 to stock into the cellar. Hmmm Aged Chardonnay.
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