2022 Frog’s Leap Chardonnay, Napa Valley, USA (750ml)

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:

The 2022 Chardonnay was harvested in seven separate picks between August 30th and September 11th, as different sections of the vineyard reached full ripeness. All lots were added to the press whole cluster and given a couple hours of skin contact in the press. After settling overnight, the juice was allowed to just barely begin its fermentation in tank, then was immediately racked to brand-new French oak barrels, where they spent their most active phase of fermentation, typically lasting 5 days. As each lot began to slow down, all wine was racked to a large stainless-steel lined concrete tank, where primary fermentation finished over the next several weeks. No lees stirring occurred, and no sulfur was added to the tank until bottling the following summer, after the wine had finished its malolactic fermentation naturally.