Tasting Notes: Notes of lemon custard, pear, and pastry mingle with mineral undertones, nuttiness, and a touch of mouthwatering salinity. Sophisticated and textural, this acid-driven Chardonnay envelops the palate with beautiful depth and intensity, displaying tension, refined power, and elegance.
Winemaking: Native yeast. Whole-cluster pressed. Fermented in neutral French oak puncheons. Aged in neutral and new (11%) French oak for 13 months. Unfined and unfiltered.
Technical Details:Composition: 100% Chardonnay
Vineyard: Manchester Ridge
Appellation: Mendocino Ridge
Clone: Wente
pH: 3.25
TA: 6.4 g/L
Brix at harvest: 23
Alcohol: 13.4%
56 cases produced