Still
Briana Heywood
Central Coast
Chardonnay
Grapes are sourced from a 6.3 hectares of vineyard land. Average age of vines is 22 years.
Sustainable
Chular loam and sandy gravel loam
The Donati family entered the wine business in 1998 with the purchase of a vineyard in Paicines, CA, located on California's Central Coast. In 2007, the family purchased a winery located in Templeton, CA in the heart of Paso Robles Wine Country. In 2017 the family made the decision to solely concentrate on the Paso Robles AVA by transitioning from estate grown to contracted fruit.
Fruit is delivered to winery during cool morning hours. Crushed and de-stemmed, immediately pressed off skins. Fermented at 55 degree F, extended aging sur lees. Wine undergoes a partial malolactic fermentation. Unoaked. Total sulfur is 80ppm.
Aged in tank for 5 months and bottle for 4 months prior to release.
Screw cap
0.750
New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Tropical aromas of ripe melon, guava and plumeria meet with a steely minerality on the nose of this bottling. The palate tightens around lemongrass and Meyer lemon-pith flavors, with those riper guava-flesh flavors returning by the finish.