Vintage: 2024
AVA: Santa Maria Valley
pH: 3.35
ABV: 14.1%
Profile: Stainless-steel
Duration: 4 months

Winemaker Notes

Summer surrenders. Dainty pale yellow hues harmonize with light hints of pear. Tasting of proud citrus and pleasant lemon notes, you can relax and let the sun take over. — Scott Ballew

Production Notes

Our Chardonnay grapes are handpicked at brix and ripeness specifications by our winemaker Scott Ballew. They are delivered by the ton, whole-cluster, to Strey Cellars and are immediately pressed onsite. The juice is cold-settled for two days at 48 degrees in stainless steel, then racked before fermentation. Fermentation continues in stainless-steel barrels, and the wine is aged for 3 to 4 months. Once ready for bottling, a portion is reserved for creating our signature white wine blend, Inclined, and the rest is filtered to .45 micron sterile filtration for clarity, then bottled as a single varietal.