For the past 21 years, Alba Vineyard, New Jersey’s largest estate winery, as focused upon excellence. In its quest to produce world class Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, Alba utilizes environmentally responsible and sustainable farming practices.
The 2014 Grand Reserve Pinot Noir and 2016 Grand Reserve Chardonnay, mark Alba’s entry into luxury wines. Focused on enduring character and timeless quality, these wines are designed to age gracefully over time.
2014 Grand Reserve Pinot Noir: Pinot Noir thrives in limestone soils and cool climates, something that Alba Vineyard has in abundance. The unique terroir melds the elegance, high acidity, and longevity of Burgundy with the fruit flavors of California and Oregon. The Grand Reserve was harvested from the vineyard’s steepest hillsides, handpicked at night to capture peak maturity, and fermented in small bins and aged in the finest French oak for thirty months. This compelling wine is carefully hand-selected from the vineyard’s finest barrels and only produced when the vintage is exceptional. Only sixty-two cases were produced.
2016 Grand Reserve Chardonnay: Each block of the 93-acre estate results in different characteristic of soils, rock structure, sun exposure, steepness of hillsides, elevation, and temperature. Selecting only a few rows of the vineyard’s oldest Dijon clone Chardonnay vines, which have the right combination of terroir, the wine was crafted representing the true individual expression of the Alba estate at its finest. Following a gentle whole cluster press, fermentation took place in the finest French oak barrels with wild yeast. The wine remained in the barrels for sixteen months, followed by another six months of bottle aging. The result is a voluptuous, creamy wine with densely packed flavors of ripe peach and fresh mango. Only ninety cases were produced.
Because of the small production, the Grand Reserve Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are only available for sale at the winery’s new tasting room.
Alba Vineyard is located in the rolling hills of Warren County, New Jersey, two miles east of the Delaware River and historic Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
For more information, please contact Alba Vineyard at (908) 995-7800 or email wine@albavineyard.com.
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