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2021 CHARDONNAY
Lamb's Quarters Vineyard
Dry White Table Wine
99 cases produced
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Alcohol: 10.5%
Total sulfite addition: 60 ppm
2 days on skins
Stainless steel tank for 22 months
Unfined and unfiltered
Farming: Conventional/sustainable
Vineyard: Seneca Lake, west facing, gentle slope
Soil: Honeoye Silt Loam and Lansing Gravelly Loam over shale
NOTE: Pear, flint and yeast with honey and lemon flavors. Crisp leesey and
long finish.
ELEVAGE: Grapes were crushed and destemmed into a one ton bin to
macerate for 48 hours before pressing. Settled juice was moved to stainless
steel where fermentation, including full malolactic, continued over about
twelve months. In August of 2023 the wine was racked and bottled by hand
without fining or filtration after twenty-two months on its lees.
MISCELLANEOUS: This is a classic expression of these grapes which come thirtyplus
year-old, clone 4 chardonnay vines. They came trough the difficult and
wet 2021 harvest in great shape and delivered a beautiful, round yet crisp
wine.
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