Ramey Westside Farms Estate Chardonnay 2022

Westside Farms, Ramey's 75-acre ranch, has been in farmland since the mid-1800s and borders a mile and a half of the Russian River. The vineyard shares the same silty Yolo loam soils as Rochioli Vineyard a mile north.Ramey presses whole clusters for phenolic delicacy. Native yeast and full native malolactic fermentations take place in barrel, with sur lies bâtonnage. After aging 20 months in 20% new French oak barrels, the Chardonnay was traditionally fined for clarity and texture and bottled wi