Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Alcohol %
13.1
2022 Estate Chardonnay
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TASTING NOTES
Brilliant, pale golden in color with a silver edge, the nose opens with aromas of white peaches in honey, Meyer lemons and orange curd, with hints of fresh chamomile and toasted hazelnuts. These evolve towards stony mineral notes and custardy lemon bars flavors over honey undertones. Fresh and lively on the palate, the wine shows a refreshingly light creamy texture that helps bring and sustain the vibrant citrus flavors with undertones of minerality all the way through the palate. Elegant, complex and long, yet light on its feet and delicate, this is a classic example of how our chardonnay can bring together harmonious yet vibrant flavors sustained all the way through, so enjoyable on its own now, but which promises to age beautifully.
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Brilliant, pale golden in color with a silver edge, the nose first opens with aromas of white peaches
in honey, Meyer lemons and orange curd, with hints of fresh chamomile and toasted hazelnuts.
These evolve towards stony mineral notes and custardy lemon bars flavors over honey undertones.
Fresh and lively on the palate, the wine shows a refreshingly light creamy texture that help bring
and sustain the vibrant citrus flavors with undertones of minerality all the way through the palate.
Elegant, complex and long, yet light on its feet and delicate, this is a classic example of how our
chardonnay can bring together harmonious yet vibrant flavors sustained all the way through, so
enjoyable on its own now, but which promises to age beautifully.
Vineyard Notes
Throughout the Willamette Valley, the growing season of 2022 was considered somewhat
challenging, both in terms of an unusual spring frost which caused some sporadic crop losses, and
in terms of colder and wetter than normal weather conditions that lingered through the end of
June. Overall though, despite these early setbacks, the months of July, August and September
proved glorious and helped us achieve lovely and balanced wines all around, with a later than
normal start of harvest into the first half of October. The later and cooler ripening season was
welcomed by most, as in itself was reminiscent of the glorious 2012 vintage, where naturally low
yields, combined with a cool long autumn really helped provide complexity of flavors while
finishing tannins nicely and rewarding us with glorious flavors, fresh acid levels, fine textures and
distinctive wines. We had been missing these later and cooler vintages in recent years, and they
can produce truly amazing wines. We picked from October 4st to October 15th at Anahata
Vineyard, in beautiful weather conditions where we hand harvested some exceptional grapes
indeed, while keeping overall alcohols low.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Alcohol %
13.1