Nose
Sweet apple, dried herbs and flowers
Palate
Apple, candied citrus
Growing Conditions
The 2023 growing season was off to an early start with a
warm spring. Bud break was early and this proved to be
an issue as a late freeze on the evening of May 17th killed
many primary buds around the region. In our vineyard
there was damage to our Martini Vineyard Lemberger
and Chardonnay vines. Late spring to early summer was
cool and wet and then things warmed up in July and into
early August until the weather cooled again. It was
around this time that wildfire smoke from Canada
blanketed the area. Heading into the harvest the acidities
in the grapes were still high and the brix were in need of a
climb. In late September into early October we had a
week of sunshine with temperatures in the 80’s. This
helped all varieties fully ripen and the resulting wines are
of a high and concentrated quality.
Bottling
Bottled April 24 & 25 2024
Winemaking
The fruit was machine harvested
then pressed into stainless steel tanks to settle for 2 days.
It was then racked off the juice bottoms into tank for
fermentation. Once fermentation was complete, the wine
rested on its lees for about 5 months before being readied
for bottling. The wine was filtered and underwent a slight
bentonite fining for heat stability.
