2020 Onward Wines Chardonnay 'Johnson Family Ranch'

100% Chardonnay. This vineyard has warm daytime temperatures and cool evenings giving a large diurnal temperature shift often of 50 degrees; providing excellent fruit maturation while maintaining balance. Picked early, native yeast fermented in steel to keep that zippy freshness and bright minerality and then aged in large format neutral barrels with lees stirring to provide body and richness in mouthfeel without malolactic or oak aromas. Light, fresh and dry, this wine has delicate notes of white grapefruit, lemon, straw and wet stone notes, with crisp acidity but a round mouthfeel from the extended lees aging and neutral oak aging.

"Onward Chardonnay is refreshing and captivating...I liken her to a ballerina she is full of electric tension and strength, yet graceful and light on her feet. She meets you with vibrant aromas of citrus and yellow plum, while a slight hint of straw dances in the background. On the palate, the wine is layered with rich flavors of nectarine, pink lady apple and white current, with a touch of wet stone adding intrigue."- Winemaker Faith Armstrong