Barrel Fermented Chardonnay

VINTAGE: 2020

GRAPES: 100% Chardonnay

AROMATICS: Subtle caramel, smoky, with a sea salt character. Notes of Bosc pears and lemon rind

TASTE: Dryish, with a creamy mid-palate texture. Finishes long with a pleasantly soft but complex saline finish.

TREATMENT: 100% Barrel fermentation (French oak)

SERVING SUGGESTIONS: Best served well chilled, pairs nicely with charcuterie, rich local seafood, and slow roasted meats.

AGING: Drinking very well now, or cellar through 2032

750ml | 12.3% Alc/Vol

Total Acidity 5.1 g/L

Residual Sugar 8.0 g/L

Please Note - Bottles are sold in cases of 3, 6, or 12. You're welcome to Mix & Match from our entire cellar

Winemaking and Analysis

• The 2020 Chardonnay is a great example of the stellar growing conditions in that
year. Hot and sunny, with favorable weather all season, it was a wonderful vintage
• Desired style was BARREL FERMENTED, displaying the winemaking versatility of
the grape… compared to the pure fruit expression of our “Unoaked” version of
Chardonnay
• Fruit sourced entirely from our Avonport Vineyard. After 4 years in the ground, this
was the first harvest from these grapes
• 100%-barrel fermentation in older French Oak, the wine spent 15 months in barrel.
Full malolactic fermentation was employed, with regulated batonage or lees stirring,
to extract exotic tertiary notes from the lees.
• 400 cases produced