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Division-Villages Chenin Blanc L' Isle Verte

VARIETAL
Chenin Blanc

NOTES
VINEYARD: Vines are planted on soils formed from volcanic Miocene uplift against basalt bedrock with the primary topsoil being made up of quartz and lime silica, overlaid with the mixed glacial sedimentary runoff of Missoula floods that makes the soils in the region so dynamic and unique. This particular site is one of the last remaining old vine Chenin Blanc sites in the Pacific Northwest. This Chenin vineyard has over 45 years of own-rooted development at the highest elevation in the north central Yakima, which helps insulate the vines from the year to year climate variation.

FARMING: Organic

VINIFICATION: Pied de cuve (early native ferment) with a small number of grapes from the vineyard to build a strong yeast population from the native flora. The pressed juice was split between the heart of the press, which went directly into two puncheon (500L) barrels, with the rest being settled and fermented in neutral French oak barrels and stainless-steel barrels. Aged 6 months on the lees before bottling.