Snake & Herring ‘Primary’ Chardonnay 2022 lacourte-godbillon concentrated and powerful

concentrated and powerful

deep red hues

The attack is bold

with a subtle vein of acidity

Oger and Oiry

Snake & Herring ‘Primary’ Chardonnay 2022 lacourte-godbillon concentrated and powerfulPrimary Chardonnay is made from a single block of Gin Gin clone chardonnay at our Forest Grove vineyard. It is typified by its minerality, and complexity as opposed to fruit power, which is more our Corduroy style. After chilling in a cold room overnight we press the whole bunches of Chardonnay direct to barrel: no clarifying, no acid added, no added yeast. The wild ferment starts in 500L puncheons which are new (25%), 1yo (50%) and 2yo (25%). After