2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay
2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay

2023 La Belle Promenade Chardonnay

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Our love for mineral-laced, high-tension Chardonnay runs deep—so deep, in fact, that a surprising portion of our wine research budget is devoted entirely to it. Our favorites walk a perfect tightrope: rich, but taut; savory yet refreshing.  There’s a kind of magic when texture and nerve are in harmony—and that’s the goal with our Chardonnays.

This wine is no exception. Sourced from the same Oregon vineyard where we’ve been getting Pinot Noir since 2018, it’s a cool-climate Chardonnay that, when handled with care and precision, delivers a core of richness wrapped in tension. Of our three Chardonnays, this bottling has the strongest mineral drive and perfectly taut through the mid-palate.

The nose offers aromas of river rock, hazelnut, star anise, and orange blossom. On the palate: quince, Gravenstein apple, and early apricot glide across a firm, mineral spine. The finish is long and vibrant, pulsing with nervous energy.

Label Design by Alex Goose

100% Chardonnay

The fruit comes from Block Two at La Belle Promenade in the Chehalem Mountains AVA, perched at 820 feet above
the Willamette Valley. This block is planted to Clone 76 and rooted in volcanic Jory and Nekia soils. The site is
organically farmed, densely planted, and dry-farmed with high precision.

This wine pairs well with bright, briny and zippy foods. Fresh seafood like olive oil poached halibut with braised fennel, beurre blanc and herbed couscous, bright salads with meyer lemon vinaigrette and grilled chicken or even a sungold tomato pasta.

With Chardonnay, our goal is to showcase minerality over power, making harvest timing critical. This was our second year working with this vineyard, and we’ve found the sweet spot for ripeness to be 18–19° Brix—just at the onset of flavor development, a window not unlike our approach with Chenin Blanc. The grapes were whole-cluster pressed immediately upon arrival at the winery (avoiding skin contact), then gently pressed to 1.1 bar. The juice was transferred to stainless steel, dosed with 10ppm sulfur, and settled at cellar temp for 24 hours. The hard press fraction was kept separate and not included. After settling, the juice—with light lees—was racked to another tank, warmed, and allowed to ferment spontaneously. Once fermentation began, we transferred the juice into a mix of used 600L Stockinger demi-muids and new 228L Stockinger barrels. After nearly a year in barrel, the wine was racked to stainless steel for an additional 8 months to tighten and refine. This wine is unfiltered and unfined.

This wine will continue to age beautifully over the next several years if stored at a consistent, cool temperature.

Production: 110 cases | ABV: 12.11% | TA: 6.3 g/L | pH: 3.30 | VA: 0.61 g/L | DCO2: 780 ppm | Total SO2: 61 ppm | RS: .9 g/L | Turbidity at bottling: 15 NTU

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Produced + Bottled by Las Jaras Wines in Sebastopol, CA

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