2021 Summit Chardonnay

Clone 809 makes 66% of this Chardonnay and was pressed whole cluster and then settled for 24 hours in a stainless-steel tank before racking to barrel. The barrels used for fermentation and aging included 50% neutral French oak and 50% French acacia, which was selected to underscore the intense aromatics of the clone 809, without imparting significant tannins. Indigenous yeasts performed primary fermentation and the wine underwent 100% spontaneous malolactic fermentation. This wine was aged for nine months on fine fermentation lees.