Nicolas Jay Chardonnay Spirit Hill Vineyard 2023

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Nicolas Jay Chardonnay Spirit Hill Vineyard 2023WINERY NOTES: TASTING: A medium straw colored wine with a vibrant visual presence and clarity. The aromatics are immediate, and densely packed. New, and elegant French oak staves arrive first, followed by a flintiness and a struck match aroma. Then fresh rain and salinity take over, surrounded by grapefruit zest and beeswax. On second pass theres a candied apple sense to the wine, then beams of lanolin and coconut oil that inspire you to pause for a

) On the palate this is just shy of moderate in weight with good acid and a flavor set that echoes the nose

with a seamless palate and very fine tannins

Vinification is in fûts de chêne for 5 years without malolactic fermentation

Precision rather than strictness

shifting into a minty finish replete with pepper

spice and crushed flowers

The palate has a spine of the bitter gentian with flowers

Matt Ahern with the help of pedigreed Sonoma grape growers

at about 750 feet above sea level

toasty spice and a gentle hit of aromatic smoke from our Orkney heathered peat

Clear juice helps to retain the purity and focus of this wine

47% ABV/94 Proof) “The iconic Willett Pot Still bottle is an exact replica of the patented Willett pot still built by Vendome Copper and Brass