2023 Morgen Long X Omni Chardonnay

Producer: Morgen Long Wine Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon Varietal: Chardonnay Year: 2023  
Winemaker Notes: 
“Candied ginger, lemongrass, jasmine, smoke, flint, Meyer lemon curd, Kaffir lime leaf, pineapple oil.  Block 5 was hand-picked on 9/15/23. Crushed and pressed hard for a few hours, the must browned in steel for 8 hours before 40ppm SO2. The hard press was not sulfured. Ambient yeast fermentation started with pied de cuve in steel before the lot was transferred with full solids to 33% new 265L barrel, 36% once filled and 23% twice filled 400L puncheon and 9% steel. Hand-picked 9/22/23, Block 4 was crushed and browned in steel. After fermentation started in tank with pied de cuve, the must was sulfured and fermented with full solids in 100% new 265L barrel and 350L puncheon. Primary completed in 10-15 days and ambient malolactic finished in late 2023 except for one puncheon of Block 4 which completed in June 2024. After one year in oak, a blend of 53% Block 5 and 47% Block 4, from 67% new 265L barrel & 350L puncheon and 33% once filled 400L puncheon was made. The 2023 X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay aged an additional six months in steel on lees. Closed with 49mm DIAM 30. Unfined/unfiltered.” 
Alcohol: 12.8% 
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