Technical Details
- BlendChardonnay
- CountryUS
- RegionCalifornia North Coast
- AppellationSpring Mountain, Napa
School House Chardonnay Spring Mountain 2012
Hey, LISTEN, if you love the style of Hanzell, Mayacamas, Stony Hill, etc --- this is your wine. Trust your long-suffering wine merchant! Best price, too -- $65 at the winery!
Steeped in tradition and marching to their own beat since the 50s, School House is a serious “insider” wine here in the Valley. They make very little wine, sell it mainly to their mailing list and to local restaurants, but every geeky wine person I know hoards it! It’s tiny production and is made up at Pride Mountain (Bob Foley forever and now Sally Johnson) although we call it more old-school in style (as noted, Hanzell, Stony Hill, etc). It's 100% estate and 100% old-Wente, (from Stony Hill no less) and raised in neutral French barrels. EXTREMELY ageable (the pinots, too), this 2012 is fresh and clean, with a little unctuousness from some bottle time, and just PERFECT right now.
Really -- this is such a rarity -- all you serious wine guys and gals out there need to grab a few of these at this fantastic price!! Only a few cases to sell and IN STOCK!