VINTAGE OVERVIEW The 2022 growing season was full of surprises, which pushed us to explore new regions that delivered delicious, age-worthy wines with balance and vibrancy. The vintage kicked off with a cold and wet spring in the Willamette Valley that turned worrisome when an unusually late-season freeze event impacted lower-elevation Chardonnay plantings throughout the region that were already experiencing bud break. Fortunately, we leveraged decades of winemaking experience and relationships throughout the Pacific Northwest to find a quality fruit source in our time of need. Grower partners helped us identify vineyard sites in the Columbia Valley with conditions akin to Willamette Valley, which resulted in balanced, elegant fruit with concentrated flavors.
