Big Table Farm 2023 'Wild Bee' Chardonnay, Willamette Valley

Item Number: 22451

UPC: None

Country: USA
Region: Oregon
Sub Region: Willamette Valley
Appellation/AVA: Willamette Valley
Estate Grown Wine: No
Vintage: 2023
Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay
Type: Wine - White
Bottle Size: 750 ml
Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Alc by Vol(%): 12.9
Viticulture: Practicing Organic

Winemaking Notes by Brian Marcy: "The Wild Bee is an assembly of different vineyards that in the end, make a mosaic that is colorful and vibrant and richly textured. The Wild Bee especially is consistent as well as delicious with each vintage and the '23 delivers just as all the past vintages have. I certainly use a refractometer to measure sugar as I sample Chardonnay vineyards, but I also taste as I go and crunch the seeds and skins and observe the canopy and watch the weather like a hawk. The proof is in the pudding (Glass in this case)! I love fruit in my wines, but also the balance that comes from the natural acidity and the texture that comes from the extended lees contact and stirring. I just poured myself a glass of this, and while unfiltered it is brilliantly clear, each barrel carefully racked just before bottling to ensure the vitality of the wine is captured, and the sediment is left behind. There's definitely a new oak component to this wine but balanced by fruit and some spice. Cheers! Brian "

Tasting Notes by Clare Carver: "You are greeted with a collision of white flower and warm spice. This wine tempts me like a piece of left over apple pie on the counter in the morning. Freshly cut apples lead to a comforting warm curd and vanilla bean profile that reminds me of a lemon Madeleine cookie. This wine finishes with a beautiful lifted acid bringing you back for more. - Cheers! Clare"