1994
Paul Hobbs Chardonnay, Cuvee Agustina, Richard Dinner Vineyard
Winemaker's Notes
1994 was the year of birth of my first child, Agustina Lindsay, born July 3 while her doctor was at the coast windsurfing. 1994 was also a vintage of uncommon quality. With the same element of shear excitement, trepidation and good fortune which gave rise to Agustina, Paul Hobbs Winery set out to honor the magnificence of nature?s concert with man. Our goal was to make a wine of truly exceptional proportions, beyond any wine we had ever made before. We found the grapes growing handsomely on old vines perched high on the eastern flank of Sonoma Mountain at the Dinner Vineyard. Careful individual vinification using only ancient winemaking iques produced four (4) barrels of Cuvee Agustina.
Vineyard
Owner/Manager
Richard Dinner/Jim Katon
Vineyard
Richard Dinner Vineyard
Clones
Old Wente
Vineyard Age
12 years
Site
Hillside, northern exposure, clay-loam with lens of volcanic tufts
Yield
2.2 tons/acre
Harvest
Harvest Date
October 11, 1994
Harvest Brix
22.5°
Growing Season
1994 is a vintage widely regarded as the finest of the last two decades.
Winemaking
Hand-harvested grapes
Whole cluster, direct-to-press
Barrel fermented with indigenous yeast, 6 to 14 weeks to completion
Concurrent spontaneous malolactic fermentation
Barrel aged 11 months, 100% new French oak, sur-lies and stirred
Unblended, unfined, unfiltered; bottled September 1995
