2021 Scores: 93-95 Wine Advocate LIMITED

Notes: Candied citrus, pink apple, Asian pear, mixed florals and wet minerals.

Vineyard: 96% Willamette Valley Chardonnay, 4% Pinot noir lees
48% Seven Springs Vineyard Chardonnay Block E hand-picked 10/8/22
48% Blue Heron Farm Chardonnay hand-picked 10/11/22
4% Sequitur Vineyard Pinot noir lees

One year in third fill 350L Damy puncheons, six months in steel with 4% pinot noir lees. Unfined.

Vinification: Pink Label is a rosé d’assemblage where a small addition of pinot noir lees deepens color, enhances structure and broadens the character of chardonnay. In 2022, one puncheon each of Seven Springs Vineyard and Blue Heron Farm Chardonnay was crowned by lees from three new oak barrels of Sequitur Vineyard Pinot noir, courtesy
of Mike Eztel. Both lots of chardonnay were crushed into the press, browned in steel for 24 hours before 48ppm SO2 addition. Primary fermentation started with vineyard-specific ambient yeast pied de cuve in warming steel tanks, then both lots were racked with full solids to third fill 350L Damy puncheons. After primary completed, ambient malolactic engaged in late winter 2022, progressing slowly throughout 2023, and never fully completing. After twelve months in French oak, the puncheons were blended in stainless steel, then dosed with pinot noir lees. After two months in steel on pinot noir lees, the 2022 Pink Label Chardonnay was racked again to be bottled 3/19/24 under 48mm CWINE3. Unfined, filtered.