2020 Johan Vineyards Estate Chardonnay, Van Duzer Corridor, USA

The Chardonnay is sourced from the Demeter certified Johan Estate vineyard located in the Van Duzer Corridor AVA of the Willamette Valley (Johan practices regenerative farming as well as biodynamic farming).

The clonal diversity of this wine brings complexity and balance to the whole. A combination of three high acid clones: Old Wente, lEspiguette, and musque, with a small amount of Dijon clone fruit all picked separately, macerated or direct pressed and brought together in tank before going down to barrel. This wine was barrel fermented with native yeasts in french oak (33% new). Aged sur lie for 18 months, allowing it to finish native malolactic fermentation. It was bottled May 3th, 2021 – unfiltered, with a small addition of fine lees, then bottle-aged for another year prior to its releass. Only 160 cs were produced,