This girl’s a tart. She’ll automatically have you thinking about a home cooked apple pie and banana smoothies. She’s un-oaked and simple, the way she’s meant to be.

Vintage: 2008

Awards and Reviews

• Award: Bronze
  Competition / Event: 2010 San Francisco International Wine Competition

• Award: Outstanding
  Review: This sister project to Silver Lake Winery is the brainchild of marketing director Karen Ward, who developed the business plan for her MBA at Seattle University. She also colaborates with group winemaker Bill Ammons on the finished product, which in this screwcap bottle comes filled with apricot, pear, Mandarin orange, lime, pineapple and Sara Lee pound cake aromas. The lively truly drink shows off mouthwatering acidity amid the Asian pear, lemon and lime flavors. Enjoy the poached halibut and spiniach or macaroni and cheese.
  Competition / Event: 2011 Wine Press Northwest - 2

• Rating: 82
  Competition / Event: 2011 Wine Enthusiast - 3

• Award: Outstanding
  Review: This sister project to Silver Lake Winery is the brainchild of marketing director Karen Ward, who developed the business plan for her MBA at Seattle University. She also colaborates with group winemaker Bill Ammons on the finished product, which in this screwcap bottle comes filled with apricot, pear, Mandarin orange, lime, pineapple and Sara Lee pound cake aromas. The lively truly drink shows off mouthwatering acidity amid the Asian pear, lemon and lime flavors. Enjoy the poached halibut and spiniach or macaroni and cheese.
  Competition / Event: 2010 Wine Press Northwest - 3

• Rating: 82
  Competition / Event: 2010 Wine Enthusiast - 3

• Award: Bronze
  Competition / Event: 2010 Tri-Cities Wine Festival

• Award: Bronze
  Competition / Event: 2010 Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

• Review: Aromas of citrus juice and clean oak are forward. On the tongue plenty of green apple, lemon, and melon flavors are lively and straightforward. There is a tangy quality, with perhaps a touch of sour bite to the finish, but otherwise a clean and uncomplicated Chardonnay. Serve with cold roast chicken.
  Competition / Event: 2010 Northwest Palate Magazine - 3

Wine Specifications

• Appellation: Rattlesnake Hills, Yakima Valley
• Assemblage: 96% Chardonnay, 3% Sauvignon Blanc, 1%Gewurztrminer
• Vineyard: 100% Roza Hills Vineyard, Block 9A, 9C, 1 & 11
• Alcohol: 13.7 %
• Total Acidity: 0.68 g/100mL
• pH: 3.49
• Residual Sugar: 0.36 %

Technical Notes

Harvest Specs: The grapes for the Girly Girl 2008 Chardonnay came from blocks 9A &9C of the Roza Hills Vineyard. The Chardonnays were crushed and pressed on September 17th & 18th 2008. Average analysis for the juice was 23.6 Brix, 0.60 T.A. and a pH of 3.50.

Vinification: The lots of Chardonnay were treated with 15ml/ton Pec 5 enzyme and 35ppm Sulfur at the crusher. Once pressed, the juice was cold settled for 3 days then racked off solids. MicroEssentials yeast supplement, Diammonium Phosphate, PVPP and bentonite were added prior to alcoholic fermentation. The Chardonnay lots were inoculated with Epernay II and Fermiblanc Arom wine yeasts. The juice was cold fermented at a rate of 1.0 Brix drop per day until the fermentaion was complete.

Aging: Once the fermentations were complete, the wines were cold settled in tank and then racked off fermentation lees. Racked wines had 60ppm K-Metabisulfite added. Biolees was added at the rate of .4g/L to help build mid-mouth structure. Next, the wines were blended and then protein and tartrate stabilized. Once stable, the Chardonnay was DE filtered off bentonite lees. The wine was EK pad filtered and membrane filtered prior to bottling.