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Stevens Block Chardonnay 2023
Stevens Block Chardonnay 2023

Stevens Block Chardonnay 2023

$27.04
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Hand-harvested from Old Main Road Vineyard on the famed Naramata Bench. Originally planted in 1996, Stevens Block is named after Janice Stevens-Meyer. Aged in seasoned French oak barrels for 10 months and created in a clean, crisp, elegant fashion. 

Due to low yields this vintage we only produced 107 cases. 

Specifications

  • Alcohol 13.5%
  • Acidity 7.1 g/L
  • Aging 10 months in older French oak barrels
  • Appellation Naramata Bench
  • Bottling Date August 24, 2024
  • Country Canada
  • Harvest Date September 19th
  • ph 3.8
  • Region Okanagan Valley
  • Residual sugar <2 g/L
  • Type White
  • Varietal Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Old Main Road Vineyard
  • Vintage 2023
  • Winemaker Chris Carson

  • Notes

    Winemaker Notes

    The 2023 growing season was an interesting one that really started in early November 2022 when we had an abrupt shift from late summer to winter. Followed up by extremely cold temperatures in December, we went
    into 2023 with some apprehension. While our Pinot Noir seemed to fare quite well, our Chardonnay was significantly down. Bud break happened at a normal time for our vineyards in early May, after which we experienced a strong growth period. By early June, vine growth was quite advanced, and we were ahead of a typical season; flowering was three weeks ahead of the previous year and veraison began the last week of July. We prepared for an early harvest, which began on September 5th. While our crop was light, the quality was exceptional, and the flavours and acid balance were excellent, some of the best we’ve had here at Meyer.

    Vineyard Notes

    Our estate-operated “Old Main Road Vineyard” is located on a terrace on the famed Naramata Bench. The vineyard is within the sub-geographical indication (sub-Gi) which was designated in 2019 and recognized as
    being geologically unique in the production of wine grapes. One of four acres which was planted in 2006 with French clones 4 and 5; has the steepest slope and is the coolest part of the Old Main Road site. The soil is
    comprised of alluvial deposits making up a silt loam overlaying a clay loam. As the vines have matured this one-acre block of the vineyard has developed its own unique terroir and has justified its own designation. Paying homage to Janice Stevens-Meyer and her family, we have named this block “Stevens Block”.

    Production Notes

    At the winery the fruit was fed directly into the press with an ensuing long gentle whole cluster pressing employed. Only the finest, purest juice from the early stages of the pressing was used for this wine with the more astringent so called “hard press” kept separate. A long cool indigenous fermentation of 6 weeks occurred in a stainless-steel vessel, subsequently the wine was left on its fine lees for a further 10 months in older French oak barrels. A natural malolactic fermentation occurred.

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