2019 Far Mountain Bresa Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley, USA Encosta da Quinta Grapes are hand-harvested in woven

Grapes are hand-harvested in woven baskets

This is the first comeback of La Zouave

so that a part of the grapes remains whole in the fermentation

The juice was intentionally oxidized and then barreled down to a mix of barrique and puncheon 2 days after Harvest

2019 Far Mountain Bresa Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley, USA Encosta da Quinta Grapes are hand-harvested in wovenBresa is a microscopic single parcel Chardonnay from the oldest block of Bald Mountain Vineyard (planted 1972, Wente clone) on fractured volcanic rock, dry farmed at elevation in the Mayacamas above Sonoma Valley. Production is truly tinyabout one barrel. Expect a taut, mineral expression with concentrated citrus and orchard fruit, fine phenolic grip, and a long, stony finishBald Mountain turned up to twelve.