Woolley's is proud to showcase wines from Freemark Abbey!
Freemark Abbey, one of the original 15 wineries in Napa Valley, began in 1886. The winemaker, a woman named Josephine Marlin Tychson, became the first woman to build and operate a winery in California.
The winery consistently received high marks and winning scores from consumers and sommeliers alike, as evidenced by its century-plus longevity.
Stop into Woolley's and try the following features from Freemark Abbey today!
Chardonnay 2009
Vintage and Winemaker's Notes:
Greenish straw in color, our Chardonnay is concentrated with ripe stone fruit aromas and flavors, with an underlying subtle toasty oak complexity. Very ripe peach with ripe banana is interlaced with vanilla, lime-aide, clove, nutmeg and pineapple upside down cake. This wine has great viscosity, depth and a crisp long fruitful finish. The flavors in the palate are predominantly citrus, like orange, mandarin and sweet grapefruit with a honey suckle nuance. The 2009 Chardonnay is a pleasant experience, inviting from start to finish...enjoy.
Statistics:
- Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay
- Aging: 100% French oak, 25% new wood, barrel aged for 4 months
- Vineyard Details: 7 to 17 years; alluvial in Rutherford and Carneros, mineral volcanic at Howell Mountain
- Alcohol: 14.1%
- Number of Cases Produced: 7,300
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage and Winemaker's Notes:
The appearance is opaque dark red with ruby hues. The Cabernet Sauvignon shows aromas of dark cherry, blackberry syrup, bruleed sugar and aromatic cedar. The integration of oak adds hints of walnut oil, cinnamon and clove. Powerful, yet elegantly balanced, the flavors of blueberry, black currant, mint, cedar, and full cherry-berry notes lead into a fleshy mid-palate, over a bed of resolved tannins. This wine is full-flavored from start to finish, with a very long lingering fruitfulness dusted with cocoa.
Statistics:
- Varietal Composition: 82.6% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7.9% Merlot, 4.5% Cabernet Franc, 3.4% Petit Verdot, 1.5% Malbec, 0.1% Petite Sirah
- Aging: 2 years in 59 gallon French and American oak barrels
- Vineyard Details: 6-17 years, well-drained soils of volcanic and alluvial origin
- Alcohol: 14.5%
Merlot 2007
Vintage and Winemaker's Notes:
The color is deep, dark ruby with reddish hues, quite opaque. The aroma is rich in dark cherry, plum and boysenberry, with aromatic cedar, juniper berry, vanilla and milk chocolate. The palate has bright cherry fruit and Santa Rosa plum, which lingers with great balance of acidity and fruit. The tannins are very soft and velvety.
Statistics:
- Varietal Composition: 79% Merlot, 11.2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.9% Petite Verdot, .53% Petite Sirah , .23% Malbec, .14% Cabernet Franc
- Aging: 13.8 months in French and American oak, 40% new wood
- Vineyard Details: 11 to 18 years; well-drained loam formed by alluvial deposits.
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- Number of Cases Produced: 6,847
