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Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020
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Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 is a white wine from Russian River Valley, United States, made from Chardonnay. In Maison Apéro’s structured tasting profile, the quality is “Very good” and the readiness for drinking is “Can drink, with potential”.
- Producer
- Paul Hobbs
- Region
- Russian River Valley · United States
- Vintage
- 2020
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
About Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020
What grapes is Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 made from?
Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 is made from Chardonnay.
Where does Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 come from?
Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 comes from Russian River Valley, United States. It is made by Paul Hobbs.
How does Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 taste?
In Maison Apéro’s structured tasting profile, Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 is recorded with these levels — Sweetness: Dry; Acidity: Medium+; Alcohol: High; Body: Medium+; Flavour intensity: Medium+; Finish: Medium+. Aromas: Citrus fruit, Stone fruit, Green fruit, Yeast / lees, Malolactic, Oak, Bottle age (white).
When should you drink Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020?
In Maison Apéro’s structured tasting profile, the readiness for drinking of Paul Hobbs Chardonnay Russian River Valley 2020 is “Can drink, with potential”.
Paul Hobbs is an acclaimed Sonoma County producer widely celebrated for site-expressive, single-vineyard and regional bottlings crafted with meticulous precision. Sourced from select cool-climate vineyards across the Russian River Valley, this Chardonnay captures the region's hallmark maritime fog and warm afternoon sunshine. The 2020 bottling represents indigenous yeast fermentation, full malolactic conversion, and maturation in fine French oak barriques, yielding a layered, concentrated, and richly textured expression of California Chardonnay.
Sensory & terroir profile
6-Axis Radar
Tannin is not part of the evaluation of a white wine, so this axis is empty.
3-Tier Aromas
Climate & Landscape
Schematic block diagram, not to scale: the top shows the relief and the front face a cross-section, coloured by soil and rock type.
- The Russian River Valley was defined as a cool coastal growing area into which early-morning fog intrudes; later work found that much of the summer fog is blown in through the Petaluma Gap, north towards Santa Rosa and north-west towards Sebastopol.
- In the coastal ranges of western Sonoma, high sites stand above the fog layer, while ridgelines shelter lower slopes from the heaviest marine fog.
- Goldridge soils are deep, moderately well-drained fine sandy loams formed from weakly consolidated sandstone on rolling uplands; the marine sandstone of the Wilson Grove Formation crops out west of the Santa Rosa Plain and dips beneath it, under younger river, lake and alluvial deposits.
Sources
- eCFR — 27 CFR 9.116 Sonoma Coast
- Federal Register (23 May 2022) — West Sonoma Coast Viticultural Area (FR Doc. 2022-10590)
- TTB — Russian River Valley Viticultural Area, final rule (T.D. ATF-159, 21 October 1983)
- Federal Register (16 November 2011) — Expansions of the Russian River Valley and Northern Sonoma Viticultural Areas
- USDA NRCS — Official Series Description: Goldridge series
- U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1009 — Geologic and geophysical framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5′ quadrangle, Sonoma County, California
- California Public Utilities Commission — Windsor Substation Project, Proponent’s Environmental Assessment, chapter 8: Geology