To make this wine, I took half of our production of 2023 Mt. Veeder Chardonnay and bottled and already released it to you.

I took the other half and racked it to a stainless steel tank, now filled half full, and allowed it to sit there on its lees for 6 months. The aim was to see the effect of a calm and quiet oxidative elevage on a beautiful but traditional wine that was already at its non-oxidative peak.

We will now bottle this wine Friday, right before Christmas.

I think that you will find this wine marvelous and thought-provoking. Tenebrous, not sunny.