"This 2022 Chardonnay was hand harvested early in the morning from Mohr-Fry Vineyards in the Mokelumne River sub AVA. The grapes were quickly whole-cluster pressed upon arrival to the winery. 48 hours later the juice was racked to two stainless-steel tanks. One tank was allowed to ferment with yeast indigenous to the vineyard and the other tank a commercial yeast was added. Once fermentation started, both tanks were transfered to French oak barrels (20% new oak) and finished fermenting. The wine proceeded to go through full malolactic fermentation and lees stirring was employed every two weeks to build a creamy and complex mouthfeel. The wine was bottled after 5 months in barrel." -Winery