Journeyman Russian River Chardonnay 2023

Journeyman Russian River Chardonnay

Region: Sonoma Valley, California, USA

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Chardonnay

ABV: 13.8%

Aromas of stone fruit pulp, citrus, tropical hibiscus and honeysuckle. On the palate there is a vibrant minerality, intertwined with creaminess from extended lees contact in both barrel and concrete egg.

Journeyman is sourced from two of the most iconic vineyards in Sonoma County's Russian River Valley - Zio Tony and Ritchie Vineyard. The soil at both of these vineyards is sandy goldridge loam, which bring a voluptuous, full body to the wine.

Harvested at their peak in the middle of the night, the grapes were then pressed as the sun rises. Native yeasts were used for fermentation, with between 30 and 40% of the wine fermented in a concrete egg at around 55 degrees. As in barrel, the wine spent more than a year on lees for complexity and texture. After the wine was aged in barrel for 12 months, the blend was kept in a stainless steel tank for three months before being bottled, unfined and unfiltered.

After Pete Seghesio sold his family winery in the early 2000’s, he began making small volumes of exceptional quality Sonoma Chardonnay as part of his ‘Journeyman’ project.