The 2017 Tenor Chardonnay was crafted from two vineyards along the Royal Slope in the Columbia Valley AVA. Farmed using sustainable practices, the vines were limited to one or two clusters per shoot for maximum concentration. They were then hand-harvested over several early mornings. Upon arriving in the winery, each cluster was hand-sorted, berry-sorted, and then 100% barrel fermented, stirring weekly for the first 3 months. Using only the free-run wine, it was then moved to French and Austrian oak barrels (60% new French oak) for 18 months of cellaring. After nearly 50 individual evaluations by our winemaking team, only 327 cases were selected and bottled, without fining or filtration, in the summer of 2019.