Jonive - Chardonnay Moon Dust Vineyard 2022
Price: $64.98
| Producer | Jonive |
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| Country | United States |
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| Region | California |
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| Subregion | Russian River valley |
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| Varietal | Chardonnay |
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| Vintage | 2022 |
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| Sku | 86849 |
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| Size | 750ml |
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Jonive Description
Our Jonive chardonnay is made quite differently from most other people’s chardonnays. Most people want to keep oxygen from getting to their wine from the time they pick it until the time it finishes fermentation. They add sulfur dioxide when pressing their grapes, put the juice in a closed top fermenter, chill it, add inert gas, diammonium phosphate and commercial yeast all to avoid oxygen getting to their juice/wine. We don’t do any of that. No sulfur dioxide, open-top fermenter, no inert gas, no diammonium phosphate and no commercial yeast. This allows the juice to turn slightly brown prior to starting a natural fermentation. We then do not use any malo-lactic fermentation culture, we allow it to happen naturally. This technique allows us to make chardonnay with a richer mouth-feel at a lower alcohol. We bottle the wine unfined and unfiltered as to not change it in any way. The wine stays in barrel on its gross lees unracked for 15 months.
Tasting Notes: The aroma jumps out of the glass with notes of hazelnut, toast, tarragon, and Meyer lemon. Is the wine tart and bright or rich and unctuous? It is both! The pallet explodes with mouthwatering flavors of brioche, brown butter, toasted pinenuts, tarragon, and warm lemon tart. The finish is amazingly long, rich and bright.
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