Baxter Mendocino Chardonnay Oppenlander Vineyard 2022 25OFF2024BFCM At 25 years old

At 25 years old

making up 60% of the final ratio

aged three years in 250L French oak (only 10% new)

which is holy ground

and the Danjean family is exhibit A

Baxter Mendocino Chardonnay Oppenlander Vineyard 2022 25OFF2024BFCM At 25 years oldChablis in spirit, grown less than ten miles from the Pacific: the Oppenlander vineyard sits near Comptche in a cold, remote pocket of Mendocino, and Baxter picks it late to get flavor without weight. The fruit is hand harvested and whole cluster pressed, fermented slowly on native yeasts, then aged about twelve months on its lees in neutral French oak texture from the barrel, no oak flavor. Phil Baxter trained at UC Davis and in Burgundy across