The Corona Estate
- A family owned and operated winery in the heart of Valle de Guadalupe, established in 2011, Corona del Valle works with 9 varieties of grapes all of which come from their organically farmed sustainably run vineyards.
- Focus is on monovarietals, with fastidious attention to detail in the vineyards and making very pure honest wines with no corrections.
- The winery is designed with the utmost orientation to sustainability with forward thinking elements such as a rooftop solar array that provides enough energy to run their entire operation, and buried drip irrigation lines to reduce loss from evaporation to almost zero.
Vineyard Details:
- Soil type: Decomposed sandstone and red clay
- Elevation: 1000 ft
- Vine age: vines planted in 2011
- Farmed organic (not certified)
Total Production: 9 wines (additional reservas in some vintages), 8,000 cases
2023 Chardonnay - Corona del Valle
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
Medium-bodied and balanced with a luscious buttery mouth feel, this is an elegantly textured Chardonnay for those who prefer their chardonnay to be built on an approach of barrel aging. In this case, the wine was aged in barrels made of French acacia wood (black locust) with a 70/30 split on used vs. new barrels. The acacia wood, for those not accustomed to it, imparts floral aromas of honeysuckle, white lilies, and apple blossoms. The use of this wood has also been found to help preserve the fruit notes of Chardonnay, and those on display here are white peach, pineapple, and cantaloupe. Needless to say this wine represents a delightful aromatic, flavor, and textural experience.
750 cases made
Drinking window: Now - 5 years
Vintage:
2023
Blend:
100% Chardonnay
Producer:
Corona del Valle
Winemakers:
Ricardo Espinoza - Mexican
Hector Corona - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards in the center of the valley at an elevation of 1,000 ft. Vines are 6 years old and planted in soil of decomposed sandstone mixed with red clay. While not certified, the vineyards are farmed organic.
Aging:
6 months in 70% 2nd use and 30% 1st use French Acacia barrels.
Sulfites: 35 ppm
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
12.9%
