The Cliff Notes: The color of harvest wheat straw, this wine screams lemon drop. On the palate it’s dry, serious and stylistically Burgundian with vibrant lemon, weighty lime, lemon zest, peach, tangerine, earthy hazelnut and brioche. Minerality is driven by acid, and the wine is long and nicely structured to age, eventually tailing out with citrus and almond cream. We keep our Chardonnay balanced by limiting the amount of new oak. It’s Chardonnay for grown-ups, French speaking or not.

Cases Produced: 92

Fermentation: 100% Chardonnay ­-- 100% whole cluster pressed and barrel fermented in an old world oxidative style. By utilizing a long, slow, low-temperature, wild-yeast, barrel fermentation regimen we are able to promote vineyard characters and preserve fleeting fruit esters.

Elevage: 100% barrel aged in older French oak barrels with a regimen of yeast/sediment stirring to promote roundness of the mid-palate. Racked and filtered prior to bottling February 2009.

A Story: 2007 was an exceptional year for whites in Oregon. Challenging growing conditions? Oh yes, but if you played your cards right the results were vibrant and racy white wines that would channel the best of a decade. We believe we were on our game, but you can make that call.

Alcohol: 13%

pH: 3.43

Vineyards: This wine is a blend from two vineyards: A block from Temperance Hill’s high and late-harvested southeastern shoulder in the Eola Hills and Maresh Vineyard’s 24-year-old Chardonnay from the Dundee Hills.