Pax Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast 2022 (750 ml)

100% Chardonnay

100% Whole Cluster Pressed

Ambient yeasts

50% French Oak Fermented

50% Stockinger Puncheon Fermented

Aged In 20% new French Oak

Crossflow Filtered

Free So2 @ Bottling – 30ppm

3.33 pH

13.0% ABV

Rocky Rhyolite filled soils, high elevation and surrounded by majestic one hundred year- old Pepperwood Trees, the vineyard source for this wine is one of the most dramatic Chardonnay plantings we have seen on the California Coast. Primarily from the Mt Eden clone this block shows the richness of the lower parts of the vineyard while showing the chalky, salty characteristics that make this site so unique.

Tasting Note:

Chalk, white flowers, white pear, yellow plum and sea air. Bright, focused, and alive this wine carries its texture and weight effortlessly. The palate is supple with decadent yellow fruits, but it is the salt and sand and chalk that keep the laser beam focus of this wine in the forefront. Salty and satisfying this Chardonnay is purely Californian but undeniably a coastal wine that is framed by its cool climate verve.

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