With moderate conditions during the growing & ripening seasons, yields were healthy and the quality superb. Mild temperatures and longer hang time allowed acidity to balance with flavor development. This wine's unique flavor profile begins with grapes that were picked at different points of the ripening season. This Chardonnay is primarily sourced from California's premiere winemaking region for this Burgundian grape, Monterey County. Monterey's proximity to the Pacific Ocean creates cooling fog maritime influences that allow the grapes to ripen in cool conditions. In this environment, flavors mature and maintain a crisp acidity. This area of Monterey is covered in limestone-rich lockwood shale, which adds an element of complex minerality. In the cellar, this wine is cold fermented in neutral French oak, then sur lie aged for 6 months in new French oak.