April 2004
Grown in Carneros (50 percent) and further north in the middle of the Napa Valley, this is a dynamic chardonnay, a wine with broad dimensions. It builds on a rich fruit flavor of cider apples, layered with chamomile and wheat. there's a satisfying length of flavor, seeming to incorporate the cool feel of a stone-walled cellar with the warmth of the autumn sun. Delicious to drink now, this should gain more complexity with age.
Wine & Spirits gave this wine a score of 92 points.

March 2004
Bright and buoyant and chock full of wonderfully well-defined green-apple fruit, Cakebread's latest is framed with sympathetic oak that lends a bit of richness without threatening to steal the show. The wine is impeccably balanced with fine extension and lightly juicy finish, and its invitingly open manner more than compensates for what may be perceived in some quarters as a slight lack of potency.
Connesseurs' Guide gave this wine a score of 90 points.

Grape variety:
100% Chardonnay

Alcoholic Content: 14.1%

Vineyards:
50% Napa Valley, 50% Carneros

Total Acidity: 0.70g/100ml

pH: 3.55

Harvest Dates:
9/10/2002 through 10/5/2002

Fermentation:
35% Stainless Steel & 65% French Oak

Barrel-aging:
8 months in French oak