Frank Family Vineyards

Frank Family Vineyards Carneros Chardonnay 2018

Hailing from acclaimed vineyard sites, the 2018 Carneros Chardonnay offers a creamy full body complemented by fresh, persistent acidity.  Layers of yellow apple, lemon curd, baked pear, and toasted brioche lead to a balanced and lasting finish of vanilla and baking spice.

Rated 90 Points by Jeb Dunnuck

Starting with the base Chardonnay, the 2018 Chardonnay is a ripe, nicely textured, concentrated white that has classy buttered citrus and orchard fruit as well as a touch of background oak.  It's rock-solid.

Rated 90 Points by Wine Enthusiast

From the producer’s Lewis Vineyard, this white is thickly dense in Bosc pear and toasted oak.  Rich and robust, it offers lengthy texture and buttery length: a good fit for fans of a full-bodied, opulent style.

Regular Price:$49.99

Sale Price $29.99

Vintage:  2018

Varietal Composition:  100% Chardonnay

Appellation:  100% Carnerous

Harvest Date:  September 2 – 26, 2018

Bottled:  July 2019

Alcohol:  14.4%

Proprietors:  Rich & Leslie Frank

Winemaker:  Todd Graff

Vineyards

The foundation for the Carneros Chardonnay is Frank Family’s Lewis Vineyard, touching the shores of the San Pablo Bay in Napa-Carneros.  Lewis Vineyard consists of 78 acres planted on gently rolling hills, with 68 acres dedicated to Chardonnay and 10 acres dedicated to Pinot Noir.  The predominant maritime influence of the Pacific Ocean creates the cool temperature, fog and wind that make Carneros ideally suited for growing cool climate varieties.  Its soil composition consists primarily of shallow and dense clay loam soils, receiving only 20 inches of rainfall annually.  The restricting soils result in extremely low yields, producing grapes with strong character and balanced acidity.

Cooperage

Other fruit sources for this wine include Beckstoffer Vineyards and Hudson Vineyards located in Napa-Carneros and Sangiacomo Vineyards located in Sonoma-Carneros.

Frank Family Vineyards

Housed in Napa Valley's historic Larkmead Winery, we hand craft wines that live up to the heritage of the land.  A limited number of our reserve and sparkling wines are only available at Frank Family Vineyards winery, and on select restaurant wine lists.  Our three collections are a diverse set, spanning sparkling to port and everything between. We hope to welcome you here for a tasting soon.

Since the founding of our winery in 1992, our family has poured our passion for land, grape growing and winemaking into each and every bottle of Frank Family Vineyards wine.  Today we own over 450 acres of the finest vineyard land checkerboarded throughout the beautiful Napa Valley.  This allows us to control quality cultivate sustainably on our own estate and enables our winemaker, Todd Graff, to blend perfectly balanced wines.  With a commitment to crafting the finest representation of Napa Valley wines, we hope to create a legacy for generations to come.