hooray for you reserve chardonnay
WHY WE LOVE IT
- The hooray for you chardonnay comes from the Dion Vineyard, Laurelwood District AVA, Oregon.
- Dion is a LIVE certified sustainable vineyard.
Varietal Composition: 100% Chardonnay
Elaboration: Single Barrel Selection! Extended barrel aging (22-months). Harvested and pressed into neutral Burgundy barrels. Native yeast ferment. No sulfur added. Unfiltered.
Tasting Notes: The extended barrel aging on the lees (all neutral Burgundy barrel) really softens the edges and lends a rich, lushness and layered, textured palate while retaining a lively, balanced acidity to carry it all. The notes of green pineapple, green apple, Bosc pear and citrus blossom are more developed and integrated with some brioche, orange marmalade and subtle vanilla and butterscotch notes with a mouthwatering finish.
PRESS
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PRODUCER BACKGROUND
Gregory Cantu and Christopher Sky were each self-taught sommeliers at two different restaurants in Portland, Oregon. They met while working as maître d’s at the International Pinot Noir Celebration in McMinnville. They found they had much in common, they are both Colorado natives, fans of Loire Valley wines, and they shared the same sarcastic, irreverent sense of humor.
They became friends and began spending their free time helping with harvest at small wineries. Cantu also devoted an entire harvest season to working at a winery. In the summer of 2017, they were sitting in Sky’s backyard Cantu recalls, “We were drinkin’ some Rosé, and we were like, let’s make some Rosé, and then we did.”