Region: California - Mendocino
Grapes: Chardonnay
Alcohol: 11.9%
Notes on the Wine
On the palate, the wine is layered with rich flavors of nectarine, pink lady apple and white current, with a touch of wet stone adding intrigue. This wine was picked early and fermented in cold and slow in jacketed stainless tanks to keep that zippy freshness and bright minerality and then aged in large format neutral barrels with lees stirring to provide body and richness in mouthfeel without malolactic or oak aromas.
Notes on the Producer
Onward Wines are single-vineyard, site-driven wines from vineyard sites which are very special to me. I am a true believer in personal connection and there is a story behind each vineyard site and how it came to be part of my portfolio. In these stories you will learn more about the people behind these vineyards. I liken my connection to these vineyards to that of one’s favorite shirt or coffee mug or chair. Like a well worn fabric or a slightly chipped mug that may have initially caught my eye for its beauty, but over the years it has won my heart because it just feels right. When it comes to vineyards this happens too, and it is a combination of my connection with the vines themselves and my connection with those that tend them. For me the growers hands are most definitely part of the terroir.
