2023 Francis Ford Coppola Chardonnay Diamond collection

The wines of the Diamond Collection are made from grapes from California vineyards from both the coastal regions and the inland valleys. When combined well with the fruit from these selections (from the warmer valleys and cooler coasts) you get great and beautifully complex wines and this is certainly the reason why the Diamond Collection from Coppola is one of the most popular ranges of wines. The cool air of the Pacific flows in the afternoon into the valleys that cut across the ocean and run deep inland. Monterey, the picturesque coastal town south of San Francisco, has such a beautiful cool valley. The fruit from this valley has a wonderfully ripe character, as well as a beautiful freshness. The chardonnay for this Diamond Collection Chardonnay comes from this valley, and it is made from the fruit, by partially fermenting it in stainless steel. But a touch of wood gives it some extra complexity. It gets this by fermenting half of the wine in barrels, using the more subtle French oak. The result is a particularly tasty and at the same time uncomplicated Chardonnay, dry and intense, with good acidity.

Grape variety : Chardonnay.

Colour                   : Medium straw yellow.

Nose : Beautiful citrus fruit in the nose, apple, ripe melon, wonderfully floral, some vanilla, smoky, beautifully broad and seductive, wonderfully exotic.

Taste : A dry and smooth taste, with a little fat and butter, but above all delicious tropical fruit, a hint of caramel and vanilla, creamy and powerful.

Francis Ford Coppola (Detroit, April 7, 1939) is an American director, film producer and screenwriter known for The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now and is considered one of the most important directors in Hollywood. In addition, Francis Ford Coppola has been active in wine growing and trading since the 1970s. In 1975, together with his wife, he bought the estate of the Finnish sea captain Gustave Niebaum in Rutherford, California (located in the famous wine region of Napa Valley) and the surrounding vineyards. That winery is now called the Rubicon Estate Winery. Coppola is also the owner of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery in the Sonoma Valley.

Winemaking has been a long-standing tradition in the Coppola family. Francis Ford Coppola has been making wine even longer than he has been directing films. Grandfather Coppola used to make wine in the cellars of their New York apartment from grapes that had been specially imported from California. The wines that Coppola makes today are no longer the same as those from the cellars in New York, but they are made with the same philosophy. Wines to drink with friends and family. The parent company of the Francis Ford Coppola Winery was named USA Wine Producer of the Year by the International Wine & Spirit Competition on November 16, 2011.