Tech Notes
Rain Total in 2020: 20.6 inches
Yield: 2.5 tons per acre
Harvest Dates: September 10th, hand harvested
Numbers @ Harvest: 23.7° Brix, 3.44 pH, 7.5 grams acidity
Fermentation: 100% natural primary and secondary (malolactic) barrel fermentation
Barrel: 100% barrel aged in 2-5 year old French Oak
Aging: 10 months in barrel, sur-lie;
Bottling: July 2021
Alcohol: 14.5%
Tasting Notes
Release Date: Spring 2023
After a bountiful winter in 2019, we were again in the throes of a drought in 2020. We do not irrigate our vines so the winter rains are the sole source of water for each vintage. Thus we pay a lot of attention to our rain gauge.
The harvest was small yet concentrated and healthy. The rampage of fires that affected many of our friends in the wine business in 2020 avoided us—that is just luck.
There is a lot to enjoy with this wine—complex aromas of apple, savory herb, hazelnut, nutmeg and a core of mountain fruit. The wine, given its pedigree, is destined to age gracefully with lovely structure. We have had many opportunities to enjoy aged Domaine Eden Chardonnay vintages and they are beautiful.
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