Vineyard: 99.8% chardonnay, 0.2% aligoté from X Omni Vineyard, hand-picked 10/7/22 and 10/15/22. 15 distinct clones of chardonnay, cordon pruned, transitioning towards organic farming. Irrigated. Extremely rocky Nekia, Gelderman over volcanic basalt. Planted between 2014 and 2016 on rootstock. Vines spaced 3.5x6 between 475’-515’ with slopes between 2-10% 

Vintage: 2022 in a word: miraculous. After a chilly start, the valley experienced a continuous drenching from an atmospheric river throughout the first half of the year. As buds broke in early April, an unseasonable frost between 4/11 and 4/15 caused damage to unfurling buds and tender shoots. Inclement weather persisted through into June, further challenging an already delayed flowering. However, a turn for the better occurred in July and August; the long, warm, dry days became cool nights in both September and October. Harvest commenced in Dundee Hills the morning of 9/23 and concluded in Eola-Amity on 10/15. Yields were better than expected and the quality is especially high from the coolest sites where the impact of the frost was minimal. The vintage has a crystalline, tensile character with wines showcasing distinctiveness of site. These youthful wines are vibrant and chiseled, densely structured with high acidity and extract. 

Vinification: Block 5 was hand-picked on 10/7/22, and multiple pressings were browned in cold steel for 24 hours, each lot got 50ppm SO2, except the hardest press. Ambient yeast fermentation started with pied de cuve in warming steel tanks, then lots were racked with full solids to barrel: Block 5 went to 37% new, 50% second fill and 13% third fill mixed Damy puncheons. Half of Block 5 was chaptalized 0.5%. Hand-picked 10/15/22, Block 4 was crushed and then browned in cold steel, no sulfur. After fermentation started, it aged in 80% new and 20% second fill Damy puncheons and a barrel. Block 4 was chaptalized .3-1%. Primary completed in 10-20 days and ambient malolactic finished between December 2022 and September 2023. No lees stirring. After one year in oak, a blend of 79% Block 5 and 21% Block 4, from 70% new and 30% second fill puncheons was made in steel. After six months in steel, the 2022 X Omni Vineyard Chardonnay will be bottled 3/19/24 under 54mm DIAM 30. Unfined/unfiltered.

Chemistry: 7.07g/L TA | 3.18 pH | 12.80% abv | <.50 g/L RS | .50 g/L VA | <.05 g/L Malic | ~45 ppm fSO2