2023 Lady of the Sunshine, Chardonnay ‘Chene Vineyards’, Edna Valley, USA Lopez de Heredia filtered through ancient granite rocks

filtered through ancient granite rocks

This is an old-school Spätlesen

the wine retains surreal levels of acidity and the aromatics are correspondingly intense

2016 Domaine Humbert Freres Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes

with a light dose of sulphites at bottling

2023 Lady of the Sunshine, Chardonnay ‘Chene Vineyards’, Edna Valley, USA Lopez de Heredia filtered through ancient granite rocksCertified Biodynamic. The one acre of Wente Clone Chardonnay yielded 4 tons to the acre this vintage and was harvested in mid September. The grapes were foot crushed and soaked on the skins overnight before being whole bunch pressed the next morning. The juice was collected and barreled down to ferment with native yeast in neutral oak barrels. The fermentation was encouraged to keep warm in barrel by soaking in the sun throughout the duration of the