2020
Whitney’s Vineyard
Chardonnay
Sonoma County
Produced from the first Chardonnay vines planted high on our Mountain Estate, this wine is named for Fred and Juelle's firstborn daughter, Whitney.
Production Details
Harvested September 10th and 11th
Juice cold settled in tank for 24 hours and moved to barrel by gravity
Fermented and aged 18 months in French oak barrels (45% new)
No inoculations for primary or secondary fermentation
No sulfite additions during aging
Lees stirred twice monthly for 15 months
Bottled unfined and unfiltered
ABV
Bottled
Produced
Whitney's Vineyard
First planted in 1973 to Old Wente clone Chardonnay, Whitney's Vineyard grows at 1,000 feet elevation on a gravelly, gently sloping, southwestern facing hillside. Owing to its mountain heritage and low-nutrient soils, this site produces tiny clusters of tightly packed ‘hens and chicks’ (berries of wide ranging size) yielding wines that boast brilliant minerality and classic Chardonnay character. This site was replanted in two phases with greater vine density, establishing new vines in 2013 and 2016, all grafted to original clonal material.