Ramey Wine Cellars
Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay
Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
"2010 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard shows an ethereal nose that is light and refreshing with crisp lemon, sea salt and grain along with pineapple and verbena. The palate offers exceptional depth and texture with butterscotch, lemon, and toast with gorgeous balance. This will help you rediscover Chardonnay, without a doubt."
- Doug Wilder, Purely Domestic Wine Report, December 2013
All of our Chardonnays are whole-cluster pressed and fermented in Burgundian barrels with native yeast. Due to their great density and structure, vineyard-designate wines are able to absorb more oak without being overwhelmed, and see approximately 45% new French barrels. In addition, these wines spend more time in barrel (for Ritchie, 21 months), completely sur lies, before being bottled without filtration.
"2010 Chardonnay, Ritchie Vineyard shows an ethereal nose that is light and refreshing with crisp lemon, sea salt and grain along with pineapple and verbena. The palate offers exceptional depth and texture with butterscotch, lemon, and toast with gorgeous balance. This will help you rediscover Chardonnay, without a doubt."
- Doug Wilder, Purely Domestic Wine Report, December 2013
All of our Chardonnays are whole-cluster pressed and fermented in Burgundian barrels with native yeast. Due to their great density and structure, vineyard-designate wines are able to absorb more oak without being overwhelmed, and see approximately 45% new French barrels. In addition, these wines spend more time in barrel (for Ritchie, 21 months), completely sur lies, before being bottled without filtration.
This bottle reignited my faith in Cali chard - acidic backbone, balance of Malo and oak. Single vineyard Ramey is worth the 30% price hike compared to their regional blends. Bravo
This bottle reignited my faith in Cali chard - acidic backbone, balance of Malo and oak. Single vineyard Ramey is worth the 30% price hike compared to their regional blends. Bravo
Sep 13th, 2016Going down well with the Alaskan king crab with nice balance of power and acid. Found out the hard way that I have developed an allergy to crab and my body proceeded to turn itself inside out. Rough finish to 2015. I have to say I remember these wines being bigger? But up in Canada we don't see em often so it's been a while.
Going down well with the Alaskan king crab with nice balance of power and acid. Found out the hard way that I have developed an allergy to crab and my body proceeded to turn itself inside out. Rough finish to 2015. I have to say I remember these wines being bigger? But up in Canada we don't see em often so it's been a while.
Jan 4th, 2016
Ramey Chard never disappoints! Our new guest who likes white, leans towards the tropical, citrus chards, so pulled this 12 @RameyWineCellar Ritchie Vineyard and english lemon curd, giving away to a nice minerality / salinity, on the palate the tropical fruit, of hints of tahitian vanilla, pineapple. Drinks like a $150 Mersault
Ramey Chard never disappoints! Our new guest who likes white, leans towards the tropical, citrus chards, so pulled this 12 @RameyWineCellar Ritchie Vineyard and english lemon curd, giving away to a nice minerality / salinity, on the palate the tropical fruit, of hints of tahitian vanilla, pineapple. Drinks like a $150 Mersault
Nov 23rd, 2018Burgundian in style. Racy and elegant. Great nose.
Burgundian in style. Racy and elegant. Great nose.
Sep 20th, 2017
Superb Chardonnay - very rich and flavorful. A notch above the standard Ramey, which is a great bellwether to measure any Chardonnay by!! Thanks for sharing, Frank!
Superb Chardonnay - very rich and flavorful. A notch above the standard Ramey, which is a great bellwether to measure any Chardonnay by!! Thanks for sharing, Frank!
May 8th, 2016