Walter Scott Chardonnay 'La Combe Verte' Willamette Valley 2023 Size:750ml even at this youthful stage

even at this youthful stage during which Viognier’s primary notes often tend to dominate a wine

but not enough to turn it into a full-bore skin-contact-style white

The high altitude (400 meters) and sandy limestone of this site produce a wine of striking poise and penetrating minerality

Pale in hue

Walter Scott Chardonnay 'La Combe Verte' Willamette Valley 2023 Size:750ml even at this youthful stageThe white wines at Walter Scott are all whole cluster pressed and after settling go straight to barrel with substantial lees. Everything is barrel fermented with indigenous yeast. The range of new oak barrels is around 40%. The wines are stirred minimally and 100% malo is achieved. The wines remain aging in barrel for 11 months before finishing in stainless steel. The youngest vines of all the Chardonnay sites Ken and Erica work with go into this.