What importer Polaner Selections has to say about this wine...
VINEYARD99.8% chardonnay, 0.2% aligoté from X Omni Vineyard, hand-picked 10/7/22 and 10/15/22. 15 distinct clones of chardonnay, cordon pruned, transitioning towards organic farming. Irrigated. Extremely rocky Nekia, Gelderman over volcanic basalt. Planted between 2014 and 2016 on rootstock. Vines spaced 3.5x6 between 475’-515’ with slopes between 2-10%SOILExtremely rocky Nekia, Gelderman over volcanic basalt soils.VITICULTUREFarmed using organic and sustainable methodsVINIFICATIONBlock 5 was hand-picked on 10/7/22, and multiple pressings were browned in cold steel for 24 hours, each lot got 50ppm SO2, except the hardest press. Ambient yeast fermentation started with pied de cuve in warming steel tanks, then lots were racked with full solids to barrel: Block 5 went to 37% new, 50% second fill and 13% third fill mixed Damy puncheons. Hand-picked 10/15/22, Block 4 was crushed and then browned in cold steel, no sulfur. After fermentation started, it aged in 80% new and 20% second fill Damy puncheons and a barrel. Primary completed in 10-20 days and ambient malolactic finished between December 2022 and September 2023. No lees stirring.AGINGAged for one year in oak, 17% new, 67% second fill and 17% third fill Damy puncheon and an additional 6 monthsi n stailness steel before bottling.
Details
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Grape Variety
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Vintage
2022
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Size
750ml
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Farming Practice
Biodynamic
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Style
Elegant , Minerally
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Sweetness
Dry
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Body
Medium Bodied