Walter Scott Chardonnay 'La Combe Verte' Willamette Valley 2023 Size:750ml but not enough to turn

but not enough to turn it into a full-bore skin-contact-style white

in the cooler upper reaches of the Rocca Ciglie vineyard at 650 meters altitude

the wines are assembled to make a single cuvée known as “Terre Brulée”

It is a blend of all the regional grapes – Grenache

The high altitude (400 meters) and sandy limestone of this site produce a wine of striking poise and penetrating minerality

Walter Scott Chardonnay 'La Combe Verte' Willamette Valley 2023 Size:750ml but not enough to turnThe white wines at Walter Scott are all whole cluster pressed and after settling go straight to barrel with substantial lees. Everything is barrel fermented with indigenous yeast. The range of new oak barrels is around 40%. The wines are stirred minimally and 100% malo is achieved. The wines remain aging in barrel for 11 months before finishing in stainless steel. The youngest vines of all the Chardonnay sites Ken and Erica work with go into this.