Seven Springs Vineyard is owned by Evening Land Vineyards. I am grateful to lease two blocks of non-irrigated Dijon clones (95 & 76) growing in volcanic basalt soils between 500’-550’ in the South Block. This portion of Seven Springs faces southeast and was planted in 2012. Seven Springs is farmed organically by Jessica Cortell’s Vitis Terra outfit.
2021 vintage picked in two passes: Sept 7th (Block B) and Sept 10th (Block E)
region: Eola Amity, Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA
varietal: Chardonnay
style: mineral white
farming/cellar: organic, dry farmed, hand harvested, must is briefly browned/oxidized during cold settling, ambient yeast fermentation in steel, malo completed, lees not stirred, aged one year in Damy French oak barrels (50% new), lots then blended and spent 6 months in steel before bottling, unfined, unfiltered,
pairing:
