2022 Reserve Chardonnay
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2022
Varietal
Chardonnay
Appellation
Frederick County
Harvest Date
September 1st
Aging
Fermented and aged 8 months in oak barrels, 100% new
Bottling Date
Spring 2023
Alcohol %
13
Wine Profile
Vineyard Notes
Rarely do we get generosity and high quality in the same year. However, the 2022 vintage gifted us with both! A warm dry summer with just enough rain to keep things humming along was followed by a very dry harvest season, with only one significant rain event. The wines have very good acidity, even better than the 2021's. The reds were uniformly healthy and we got to pick them at our leisure, so we could wait for just the right ripeness levels without worrying about weather events. We got our first wines from Live Edge this year and, while we don't expect the same level of complexity we get from the older vines at BAV, we were happy with the quality of the fruit.
Winemaker Notes
Estate-grown and sustainably farmed on our 146 acre farm, our grapes are tended by hand throughout the growing season and are harvested by hand in the fall. After an overnight rest in the cool winery building, the Chardonnay grapes are sorted, de-stemmed, and are gently whole-cluster pressed before the juice is transferred into oak barrel for fermentation, malolactic fermentation, and aging. Fermentation is done at a cool temperature and typically takes about a month to complete. It's at blending that we'll determine which Chardonnay barrels will become our standard or our Reserve Chardonnay.
Production
123 cases produced.