Chardonnay
white · still · Van Duzer Corridor
The clonal diversity of this wine brings complexity and balance to the whole. We picked our three high acid clones separately: Old Wente, l’Espiguette, and musque – then macerated or direct pressed the grapes and brought the juice together in tank before going down to barrel. This wine was barrel fermented with native yeasts in a combination of concrete egg (25%) and french oak (75%), only one barrel was new (9% of the blend). All components aged sur lie for 19 months, allowing it to finish native malolactic fermentation. It was bottled April 25th, 2024 – unfiltered and bottle-aged for another year and a half prior to its release in Fall 2025.
Specs
- Producer
- Johan Vineyards
- Region
- Van Duzer Corridor
- Vineyard
- Johan Vineyard
- Color
- white
- Style
- still
- Grapes
- Chardonnay
Vintages
Following a relatively warm 2021-22 winter, the 2022 spring will long be remembered for frost impacts and the prolonged cool and wet conditions into mid-June. The vines were slow to recover but experienced nearly ideal conditions during bloom that led …
The Pacific Northwest experienced a relatively warm winter during 2020-2021, and much of the Willamette valley saw average to below average winter precipitation. With a cool and dry start to the growing season, we saw budbreak the third week of …
The 2019 growing season began with a mild early winter, followed by a cold and wet second half of winter that progressed throughout the pruning season. Spring temperatures were mild but ongoing precipitation windows continued through early July, creating an …
2018 was the fourth warmest year on record for the planet and the 8!" warmest year in Oregon history. We had dry year overall for the western U.S. Rain-wise, with an unusually dry May & June providing beautiful weather for …
In comparison to the previous three vintages, 2017 was a welcoming shift back to a “more normal” Willamette Valley growing season. Thanks to an abundant amount of rain (and snow in the high country), we saw bud break 4 weeks …
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