Lees were stirred regularly during the first three months of fermentation and aging. Malolactic fermentation was allowed to proceed naturally in barrel. We fermented in French oak barrels with 40% new oak to produce a balanced and expansive wine that is truly a Chardonnay lover’s Chardonnay.
First Vintage: 2012
Release: Fall
Cases Produced: 275
Accolades
90 points – Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
Durell Vineyard
Sonoma Coast
More than 25 wines from Durell Vineyard have earned 92+ points, making the site one of Sonoma County’s most sought-after vineyards. Durell sits on the southeastern edge of the Sonoma Coast appellation–thirty miles east of the Pacific Ocean, 10 miles north of the northern stretches of San Francisco Bay, and just south of a 2,400-foot mountain range.