Morgen Long - PINK LABEL Willamette Valley Chardonnay 2021 750ml (12.27% ABV)

95% X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay matured into rosé with 5% Jessie James Vineyard Pinot noir lees
X Omni Vineyard chardonnay Block 5 picked on 9/8/21
X Omni Vineyard chardonnay Block 4 picked on 9/16/21
Dense plantings of 15 distinct clones of Chardonnay 
Planted on a rocky hilltop in Nekia, Gelderman and Jory over volcanic basalt between 2014 and 2016

A rose d’assembleage of X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay blended with Pinot noir lees from Jessie James Vineyard, courtesy of the Eztel brothers. 

Transfixing, one of a kind, white burgundy from Oregon with a splash of Sancerre rose?

region: Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

varietal: 95% Chardonnay, 5% Pinot Noir lees

style: rose-esque white

farming/cellar: certified sustainable, Both lots of hard press from X Omni were crushed into the press, browned in steel with no sulfur added prior to primary fermentation. Ambient yeast fermentation engaged completed in 50% new 265L Damy and 50% stainless steel as ambient malolactic engaged in late winter 2021. By March 2022, both lots were sulfured and racked: the new 265L with Block 5 to an old 228L barrel, and Block 4 from a stainless tank to stainless steel drum. After twelve months aging on chardonnay lees, the lots were blended with Pinot noir lees in stainless steel for a second winter. After six months in steel on Pinot noir lees, bottled 2/28/23 under DIAM 10 cork.

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