Hirsch Vineyards, Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast, Sonoma County, California, USA 2022

Consultant Michael Cruse makes this Chardonnay for Hirsch, and winemaker Jasmine Hirsch thinks his sparkling wine chops really show up in this wine. Hirsch has two Chardonnay plantings, including 30 year old vines which offer the textured, exotic, fleshy,honeysuckle character in this wine. Over vintage on clean lees, in 2022 we bottled it early, ginger, and lemon cream, a creamy lemon curd, almond cream, saline character that brightens up the whole affair with singing minerality.