2024 Burgundian Chardonnay

Classic southern White Burgundy style with good minerality, muted fruit, subtle oak and well-balanced aciditity.   Nice overall mouthfeel and finish.

Harvested just after midnight to ensure the fruit was optimal and fresh.  To enhance the lean and mineral nature of the wine we harvested the North facing side of the vines.

The objective in making this wine was to immulate the methods and style of wines of Southern Burgundy.  That is a very different approach than used in making some of the big, buttery Northern California Chardonnays.  Whole cluster pressing followed by barrel fermentation and sur lie aging for 6 months.  A yeast that was discovered and isolated from the Burgundy region was used to support the style and minerality objective.  Consistent with the style of wine in that region,  nuetral French barrels were selected to create a long finish without adding the flavor of oak.