Les Lunes Barra Vineyard Chardonnay 2021
Les Lunes Barra Vineyard Chardonnay 2021
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Apricots, green apples, pineapples, and lemons
A cloudy yellow natural white wine that is tropical fruit forward with hints of citrus flavors, lightly sour on the palate, bright acidity, and a minerally, smooth and creamy finish
PRODUCER
Les Lunes
VINTAGE
2021
TYPE
White Wine
GRAPE
Chardonnay
REGION
Mendocino County, California
United States
ABV
12.5%
FARMING
Organic
DETAILS
DETAILS
Vineyard Size:5 hectares
Soil:alluvial, loam
Average Age of Vines:48 years
Farming:organic
Harvest:by hand
Winemaking:spontaneous fermentation in neutral oak and stainless steel with indigenous yeasts
Aging:4 months in neutral oak and stainless steel, 7 months in stainless steel
Fining:none
Filtration:none
Added S02: 14 mg/L
ABOUT THE WINEMAKER
Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig produce two wines, Populis and Les Lunes Wine. With Populis, they purchase grapes from historic vineyards and multi-generational growers from Mendocino County. These wines are fresh, lively, fruit forward, and made in a playful style. In addition to making wine, they farm and manage over 8 ha of vineyards in Sonoma and Napa and are committed 100% to organic farming and restoring and preserving older and historic vineyards in those counties. Their Les Lunes Wines are made from these vineyards and the top sites from their growers in Mendocino County. The Les Lunes Wines show the more classic, refined, elegant, and ageable side of natural wine.
Their facility is literally the basement of Shaunt’s parents’ house in Orinda, just east of Berkeley. This allows them to produce wine without the interference of other wineries’ yeasts or influences as well as allowing them to age their wine for multiple vintages before release if needed.
They are absolutely 100% committed to farming and producing wines organically. They make no additions to the wines save for a small dose of sulfur before bottling if needed, as determined on a barrel by barrel basis.