2022 Estate White
47% Clairette Blanche, 35% Grenache Blanc, 18% Marsanne
We’ve bottled the 2022 Estate White as a celebration of the freshness and rich history of our Folded Hills. We call this bottle the “engagement bottle”. The image on the label is the engagement photo of Lacey and Charlie, Kim and Andy’s daughter and son-in-law.
Our 2022 Estate White was harvested from the Creekside Vineyard of our Folded Hills Estate. Winemaker Michael Brughelli monitors the vineyard carefully, then selects the optimal time for harvesting the grapes. After harvest, the fruit is gently whole-cluster pressed, and the fermentation happens naturally with ambient yeast. After settling in a stainless steel tank, it was racked to a combination of stainless steel, concrete, and neutral French oak where native fermentations commenced. Malolactic fermentation was inhibited immediately after primary fermentations were completed.