20% Durant Vineyard Chardonnay, Dundee Hills
18% Blue Heron Farm, Willamette Valley, South Salem Hills
17% Seven Springs Vineyard Chardonnay, Eola-Amity Hills
16% X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay, Eola-Amity Hills
16% Von Oehsen Vineyard Chardonnay, Eola-Amity Hills
7% Witness Tree Vineyard, Eola-Amity Hills
4% Yamhill Vineyard, Yamhill-Carlton
Lemon oil, lime curd, pineapple mint, white florals, crushed rock, wet minerals.
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farming/cellar:Â A representational blend of the cellar, nearly every lot was crushed before pressing and the must browned for 6-24 hours before a sulfur addition. Fermentation began in stainless steel with ambient yeasts before lots were transferred with solids to a new and lightly used 228L, 265L, 350L, 400L and 500L Damy French oak as well as a bit of steel. Racked to stainless with fine lees after one year in oak, the final blend is from 28% new, 33% second fill, 45% third and fourth fill, and 8% steel. After six months in stainless, the 2022 Willamette Valley Chardonnay will be bottled 3/19/24 under 49mm DIAM 10 and 48mm CWINE3. Unfined/unfiltered.
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