Production 
Chardonnay is perhaps the most malleable grape variety that we know of. It amplifies and latches on to where it came from, what it is fermented in, and nearly every growing or winemaking choice in a pronounced way. That is why we love it so much, but because of this, we were concerned that the wildfires would have an outsized voice in the wine. It's the little things with this grape though that mean so much and subtle changes to our protocols for this vintage ended up meaning so much. For this year, we hard settled the juice prior to fermentation and kept things a bit warmer to most the ferments quickly. Shorter élevage with lees from the prior vintage all led up to wines that showed purity of where they are from, but perhaps a little less focus on the vintage.