2024 Bow & Arrow Union School Willamette Valley Chenin Blanc Willamette Valley, USA Montchenot undergoing a slow malolactic fermentation

undergoing a slow malolactic fermentation

Over a decade after the first vintage was released in 2012

Crushed and pressed in a vertical wood press

The Linda Vista Vineyard was planted back in 1989

with topping off every 10 days without sulfites for a minimum of 18 months

2024 Bow & Arrow Union School Willamette Valley Chenin Blanc Willamette Valley, USA Montchenot undergoing a slow malolactic fermentation100% sourced from Union School Vineyard, the same place we get the Sauvignon Blanc for Fool's Gold. I travelled to Matthew Rorick's Heritage Vineyard a few years back and collected cuttings from his Chenin block after finding a grower willing to graft for me. The site is perfect for SB and Chenin slightly warmer, good drainage, crotchety old German at the helm I ripen till the fruit turns yellow and speckled like a bird's egg and then direct press to