Wine prices
| Reference | Vintage / size | Price / bottle | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Producer priceRecommended retail price | 2025 / 750ml | $70.00≈ €62.29 · £52.62 | www.freemanwinery.com ↗ |
| Producer priceRecommended retail price | 2024 / 750ml | $70.00≈ €62.29 · £52.62 | www.freemanwinery.com ↗ |
2024 Technical Specifications
Grape Varieties Chardonnay
Drinking Window Late 2025 through 2031
Classification Sonoma Coast AVA
Region Sonoma Coast
Soil Deep goldridge sandy loam
Harvest Dates Late September and early October 2024
Sites 100% Heintz Ranch
Grape Clone UC Davis 4 (Clone 4, a cleaned-up Wente selection)
Fermentation Vessels Barrels
Oak Details 10% First Fill New Oak
First Fill New Oak10%
Second Fill Oak20%
Oak Types French oak
Bottling Date June 2025
Production Details Clone 4 vines planted in 1982 are trained to a split canopy. Freeman received 10 tons of Heintz Chardonnay in late September and early October and selected 10 special barrels for this second-ever Heintz Ranch bottling. The wine was barrel-fermented and matured on its lees for nine months in 100% French oak comprising 10% new, 20% one-year-old and 70% neutral barrels. It was bottled in June 2025; production was 150 cases in 750 ml bottles.
Tasting Notes Ripe Gravenstein apple, peach, clove, nutmeg and toasted coconut aromas; ample fruit flavors balanced by acidity
Vintages
2003 Technical Specifications
Region Sonoma Coast
Production Details Freeman began sourcing Charlie Heintz’s fruit in 2003. Heintz was the only Chardonnay Freeman produced that year, and it was labeled Heintz Ranch Chardonnay. The producer identifies the 2024 bottling as its second-ever release, establishing 2003 as the prior release without supplying further vintage technical specifications.
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