Varietal(s):
100% Chardonnay

AVA:
Middleburg Virginia AVA ☸

Vineyard:
Devil’s Bliss Vineyard ☸

Harvest Date:
September 29, 2018

Fermentation and Aging:
Barrel Fermented first in French Oak, then aged in Hungarian Oak.

More Technical Stuff:

Alcohol 12.5%
pH TBD
Brix TBD
Residual sugar 0.0
Cases Produced 6

Label:
Front and Back Label

Background on the Wine:

This orange-tinted wine was wine club member exclusive. It is a Tokaji inspired and a first “Reserve” Chardonnay under our label. Think traditional Chardonnay with a caramel layer hints of sherry. It was a fun experiment!

More details on the process:
We took 1/2 barrel worth of our 2018 Chardonnay and gave it a bit of high-toast Hungarian oak and let it sit in bottle for five years!

Background on the name:
Enlightened, because we always like learning and this was a fun journey in aging wine well beyond what we expected. The color is also bright and unmistakably different.