Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Harvest Date
9/20/22
Acid
5.5
pH
3.67
Aging
Barrel fermented and aged in a new French puncheon and used barriques, equivalent to about 40% new oak.
Fermentation
A quarter of the blend was allowed to complete malolactic fermentation.
Residual Sugar
0
Alcohol %
13.7
2022 Gravel Block Chardonnay
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Notes of lemon meringue pie, peach, vanilla custard, honeysuckle, Walker's shortbread, and mango.
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
The fruit for this wine is sourced from one of the oldest vineyards on the property, just across Route 322 from our tasting room. We call is Gravel Block because the vines are planted on ground that was once home to a gravel pit. The soils are rocky and drain easily, preventing the vines from being too vigorous and allowing them to focus on developing fruit with great flavors.
Production Notes
Regular battonage was performed during the nine months the wine aged in barrel before bottling.
Winemaker Notes
After a mild winter with very little snowfall, a relatively cool, breezy, and wet pattern followed the late-April bud break. The new shoots grew rapidly, developing a dense canopy with lots of leaf area and photosynthetic potential. Toward the end of June, things started to hear up and the moisture all but disappeared, providing great conditions for healthy fruit set and comfortable bunch closure. The warm, dry pattern continued into July and August with no penetrating rainfall recorded for many weeks. The beautiful weather hastened ripening, with early white varieties coming into the winery before the end of August. Typical summer storms returned in September, bringing humidity and quick shots of rain every Sunday with freaky consistency. Picking continued between rain events, with all the whites and many reds coming off the vine before October 1. Hurricane Ian ripped through the mid-Atlantic in early October, dropping a couple inches of rain and pausing picking for quite some time. Thankfully, dry and windy conditions returned and the remaining reds came into the winery in great condition. The 2022 vintage will be remembered fondly for its record-breaking yields, and the purity of fruit and rich, ripe flavors of its wines.
Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Harvest Date
9/20/22
Acid
5.5
pH
3.67
Aging
Barrel fermented and aged in a new French puncheon and used barriques, equivalent to about 40% new oak.
Fermentation
A quarter of the blend was allowed to complete malolactic fermentation.
Residual Sugar
0
Alcohol %
13.7