Les Lunes "Vista Vineyard Chardonnay" Napa Valley, California 2019

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THE WINE: 100% Chardonnay from 25-year-old vines. Spontaneous fermentation in neutral French oak with indigenous yeasts. Aged 18 months in neutral French oak, 6 months in bottle. No fining and no filtration.

THE PRODUCER: Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig produce two wines, Populis and Les Lunes Wine. In addition to making wine, they farm and manage over 8 ha of vineyards in Sonoma and Napa and are committed 100% to organic farming and restoring and preserving older and historic vineyards in those counties. Their Les Lunes Wines are made from these vineyards and the top sites from their growers in Mendocino County. The Les Lunes Wines show the more classic, refined, elegant, and ageable side of natural wine. Their facility is literally the basement of Shaunt’s parents’ house in Orinda, just east of Berkeley. This allows them to produce wine without the interference of other wineries’ yeasts or influences as well as allowing them to age their wine for multiple vintages before release if needed. They are absolutely 100% committed to farming and producing wines organically. They make no additions to the wines save for a small dose of sulfur before bottling if needed, as determined on a barrel by barrel basis.