2010 Eight Bells Chardonnay

My husband recently opened up this wine to have with our dinner. It was a remarkably aromatic Chardonnay. I asked him where he got it from and apparently, it is a taste of Seattle, courtesy of our son, who is currently living there with his wife.
The 2010 Eight Bells Chardonnay has a good deal of acidity with a touch of oak.

The grapes are sourced from French Creek Vineyard, located near Prosser, a nine acre vineyard planted with 30 year old Wente Clone Chardonnay vines.
Eight Bells is a small urban winery in the Roosevelt/Ravenna neighborhood of North Seattle that produces 1500 cases of wine a year. Eight Bells Winery is jointly owned and operated by Tim Bates, Andy Shepherd and Frank Michiels. When I went to their website, I saw that even though they are an urban winery, they have figured out how to employ gravity for the gentle handling of their grapes. The care that the owners take in sourcing their grapes and making their wines is apparent in this Chardonnay.