2019 Far Mountain Bresa Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley, USA Encosta da Quinta The juice was intentionally oxidized

The juice was intentionally oxidized and then barreled down to a mix of barrique and puncheon 2 days after Harvest

fermented and aged three years in barrel

Grapes are hand-harvested in woven baskets

This is the first comeback of La Zouave

Fermented with native yeasts and aged for 24 months in French oak barrels

2019 Far Mountain Bresa Chardonnay, Sonoma Valley, USA Encosta da Quinta The juice was intentionally oxidizedBresa is a microscopic single parcel Chardonnay from the oldest block of Bald Mountain Vineyard (planted 1972, Wente clone) on fractured volcanic rock, dry farmed at elevation in the Mayacamas above Sonoma Valley. Production is truly tinyabout one barrel. Expect a taut, mineral expression with concentrated citrus and orchard fruit, fine phenolic grip, and a long, stony finishBald Mountain turned up to twelve.