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Kendall-Jackson Celebrates 20 Years With A Tribute Wine
20th Harvest Limited Release Chardonnay Crafted From Estate Vineyards
Santa Rosa, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2002) - Kendall-Jackson is marking its
20th Harvest with the debut of a limited release Chardonnay in a
commemorative package crafted by Winemaster Randy Ullom from estate
vineyards located along California's Central Coast.
The 2001 vintage Chardonnay is produced from estate fruit grown
predominantly in Monterey and Santa Barbara, and is priced at retail
about $16 per 750ml bottle. It will be offered only in conjunction with
this Fall's Harvest and is now available nationwide.
(Several different High resolution digital images are available in the
Image Bank at http:kjsales.com, including an image showing the first
1982 release of Vintner's ReserveŽ Chardonnay and the new 20th Harvest
wine, found at http://kjsales.com/imgs/product/1st20th.jpg To view
other selections, choose 20th Harvest in the Image Bank pull-down menu
and select from available options.)
The special Tribute wine is 100 percent chardonnay, 97 percent
barrel fermented with 100 percent malolactic fermentation, aged seven
months in small French (59 percent) and American (41 percent) oak
barrels. Winemaster Ullom says the wine is "full of ripe pear, peach
and tropical mango carried in a backbone of citrus lemon drop aromas."
Barrel fermentation and aging adds "layers of vanilla creaminess" in a
wine carefully selected by Ullom and his team from the best estate lots
of the vintage.
Offered in a special anniversary package which includes a
distinctive Limited Release graphic at the neck of the bottle, and a
two-part label on the front of the bottle featuring the Kendall-Jackson
leaf logo floating above a 20th Harvest Release banner, the wine is
expected to be a popular Holiday gift.
"We've crafted a very special wine to share with our friends and
Kendall-Jackson fans as we observe a remarkable anniversary," said
Winemaster Randy Ullom. "There are certainly wineries with longer
histories, but the accomplishments of the Jackson family in just two
short decades are notable, and well worth celebrating.
"I can't think of a better way than this 20th Harvest
Chardonnay," he added.
Kendall-Jackson's first release was a 1982 Vintner's ReserveŽ
Chardonnay, which won a Platinum medal at the former American Wine
Competition in New York and sold out in less than six months. Early
releases were offered at the winery tasting room in Lake County,
California, where visitors received a bag of walnuts from the orchards
on the property with a wine purchase. Today, the Kendall-Jackson Wine
Center in Sonoma's Russian River sports acres of culinary gardens,
experimental vineyards and another English Black Walnut orchard, which
provides a popular picnic area for visitors.
Kendall-Jackson quality, taste and value is now found not only
in the Vintner's ReserveŽ and Grand Reserve wines carrying a California
appellation, but in the Great Estates and Stature* series of appellation
based wines from the best Coastal growing regions. Kendall-Jackson
ranks as California's most awarded winery, and the Vintner's ReserveŽ
wines are among the most popular in their class, regardless of flavor.
Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates produces a quality-focused
portfolio of premium wines crafted from hillside and coastal growing
regions in California, Italy, Chile, Argentina and Australia. Along
with
Kendall-Jackson, which features Vintner's ReserveŽ, Grand Reserve,
Great Estates* and Stature* wines, KJWE offers CollageŽ, Camelot and
Pepi brands with California appellations, Sonoma County's La Crema
Winery, Edmeades from Mendocino's Anderson Valley, Villa Arceno from
Tuscany, Italy, Yangarra Park from Australia, and South American
wineries Calina from Chile and Tapiz from Argentina.
Visit Kendall-Jackson on the Web at kj.com
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Contact: James Caudill (707) 525-6229
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(Jim.Caudill@kjmail.com)
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(Brook.Williams@kjmail.com)
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