Marmist Chardonnay

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All grapes were sorted by hand, destemmed, and cooled with berries left whole for a gentle 3h pressing cycle. Free run juice kept separate from pressing juice during a 48h settling process in stainless steel tanks. 85% of total yield fermented in 228L French oak barrels (20% new wood) at ambient room temperatures. 4 out of 5 barrels were inoculated with various cultivated yeast strains and 1 out of 5 were left to ferment spontaneously. Remaining 15% of total yield fermented in stainless steel tank using cultivated champagne yeast strain with temperatures not exceeding 16°C. After fermentation completed the wine was racked with fine lees to old French oak barrels

Along the banks of the Onrus river the soil is ancient decomposed granite loam with quartzite inclusion. North West from 180-196m above sea level at 5km from the cool Atlantic Ocean. Each block was harvested individually and picked by hand into crates at optimal ripeness, with the first picking date on 17 Feb 2020 (younger blocks) and the last picking date on 3 March 2020 (Old blocks).

Kept in barrel on fermentation lees for minimum 9 months with 70% Malolactic fermentation completed over 6 months with zero bâtonnage. All barrels were carefully tasted and those not worthy did not make the cut into the final blend before bottling.