From Site 01, Royer Vineyard
2024 Royer Vineyard
Tensile, dense and regal. Gunflint, barrel smoke, golden spices, lemon oil, lime curd, graham, ginger.
150 cases12.7%
2024 · Willamette Valley
Willamette Valley
Sites 01, 02 & 03 · 70 / 15 / 15
Willamette Valley
Chardonnay
Sites 01, 02 & 03 · 70 / 15 / 15
Coiled, vibrant and firm, this wine shows high acidity, pure aromatics and flavors of lemon curd, mint, and key lime, yellow spices, barrel toast, wet minerals, and struck flint. 70% Royer, 15% Durant and 15% Blue Heron.
Production150 cases
Alcohol12.8%
BottledMarch 2026
ShipsFall 2026
In the vineyard
Fruit
- Blend
- 70% Royer, 15% Durant, 15% Blue Heron
- AVAs
- Eola-Amity, Dundee, South Salem
- Clones
- Multiple
- Harvest dates
- 10 September to 10 October 2024
- Yield
- 2.7 tons/acre
- Picking
- Ripe, not overripe
In the cellar
Making
- Vessel
- 32% new French oak barrels, 68% old French oak puncheons
- New oak
- 32%
- Élevage
- 11 months in barrel, then stainless with solids from late August 2025 for a second winter on lees
- Fining / filtration
- No fining or filtration
In the bottle
Numbers
- Production
- 150 cases
- Alcohol
- 12.8%
- pH
- 3.22
- Total acidity
- 6.2 g/L
- Residual sugar
- 0.4 g/L
- Malic acid
- 0.11 g/L
- Volatile acidity
- 0.47 g/L
- Bottling date
- March 2026
- Closure
- Icon Ultra Premium 49X26mm Natural
Hand Selected
Tasting
The note
Coiled, vibrant and firm, this wine shows high acidity, pure aromatics and flavors of lemon curd, mint, and key lime, yellow spices, barrel toast, wet minerals, and struck flint. 70% Royer, 15% Durant and 15% Blue Heron.
Lemon curd
Mint
Key lime
Yellow spices
Barrel toast
Wet minerals
Struck flint
At the table
Serving
- Serve at
- Cellar Temperature
- Decant
- Recommended
- Drinking window
- Now–18 years
- Cellaring
- Cool, dark cellar or wine fridge
Three more
From Site 01, Royer Vineyard
From Site 02, Blue Heron Farm
2024 Blue Heron Farm
Lithe, full and layered. Bright stone fruit, key lime cream, lemon oil, wet minerals, mixed florals.
150 cases13%
From Site 03, Durant Vineyard
2024 Durant Vineyard
Chiseled and long. Grapefruit curd, lime leaf, oyster shell minerality, white spices, lemon verbena.
150 cases13%
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