
Wine Specs
Vintage
2017
Varietal
Chardonnay
Alcohol %
12.7
2017 Eola-Amity Hills Chardonnay
The 2017 growing season’s cool, elongated final stretch was music to Chardonnay’s ears. The resulting wine is richly textured, with subtle oaky and creamy notes atop pure and persistent underlying fruit flavors. Jasmine, flint, pistachio, and curry leaf aromatics dissolve into bright citrus flavors followed by stone fruit, kaffir lime, and lemon curd. A pronounced acidity runs the entire length of this enduring Chardonnay.
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
The 2017 growing season’s cool,
elongated final stretch was music to
Chardonnay’s ears. The resulting wine
is richly textured, with subtle oaky and
creamy notes atop pure and persistent
underlying fruit flavors. Jasmine, flint,
pistachio, and curry leaf aromatics
dissolve into bright citrus flavors
followed by stone fruit, kaffir lime,
and lemon curd. A pronounced acidity
runs the entire length of this enduring
Chardonnay.
Vineyards
Our Chardonnay is inspired by the
patience and sageness that come from
25 vintages of winemaking. The wine
is a reverent nod to the potential for
Willamette Valley Chardonnay, and
we are elated to help take the variety
to the promised land. The fruit comes
from Von Oehsen Vineyard, set beside
Evening Land’s historic Seven Springs
Vineyard in the Eola-Amity Hills.
Here, the fruit is beautifully tempered
with impressionable acidity by winds
that howl through the Van Duzer
Corridor.
Winemaking
To best allow each growing site to be
selected at peak ripeness, harvest was
split into several different days based on
each sites development. After handpicking
and hand-sorting, all fruit is
carefully put through a long and gentle
pressing. Once pressed, juice was put
directly to barrel to begin fermentation
where it remains until barrels are
racked and blended in tank for bottling.