Morgen Long Chardonnay - Black Label Willamette Valley 2023 750ml (12.7% abv)

ALLOCATED - WE ONLY GOT 1 CASE. A RARE & FAIRLY AFFORADABLE ENTRY POINT INTO THE WORLD OF MORGEN LONG.

oyster shell, wet rocks, musk, pine sap, lemon balm, sesame, lime oil, and lemon curd; I tasted a delightful dance of nectarine and tangerine, too. 

Vineyards: 
34% Witness Tree, Eola Amity Hills
21% von Oehsen, Eola Amity Hills
18% Durant, Dundee Hills
13% Koosah, Block 7, Eola Amity Hills
9% Yamhill, Yamhill-Carlton
5% X Omni, Block 5, Eola Amity Hills

Each lot was crushed into the press, the must browned in steel before a sulfur addition. Ambient pied de cuve encouraged fermentation to engage in steel or French oak on full solids. Fermented in fourth and fifth fill 350L, 400L and 500L French oak puncheons and two stainless drums, primary finished in 20-35 days. Ambient malolactic completed by December 2023 in most of the puncheons, while one 400L puncheon and both stainless drums had scarcely begun malolactic in the spring of 2024 and went to steel without sulfur after one year. This tank has remained unsulfured throughout 2024.

Aging

The final blend was made after seventeen months from 75% fourth and fifth fill puncheons and 25% stainless drums. The 2023 Black Label Chardonnay aged an additional six months in stainless steel on lees. No fining.

Production

300 cases produced

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