Ancient Shores we created a structured wine

we created a structured wine with beeswax and honeycomb aromatics

Silver heart is excellent in youth and will improve for ten years or more

This day came after a long year of farming

Stargazer is radiant

this rare soil is made up of marine shoal from a time millions of years ago when volcanic ash rained down on the shallows of the inner-sea in the Willamette Valley

Ancient Shores we created a structured wineThis 2020 Chardonnay was grown at roughly 450 foot elevation, at a remarkable place in the southwestern slope of the Eola Amity Hills. Millions of years ago this hillside was a shoal in an ancient inner sea where salt water lapped gently against the sand. Now, fossilized sandstone and petrified wood lay inches beneath the soil. When standing on this crest we have a panoramic view of the fertile, forested valley below, while the resulting wine is still