Anthesis Wines 2019 Whole Cluster Chardonnay

One of our natural wines, with limited intervention. This chardonnay is made with spontaneous fermentation, unfiltered and unfined, with whole cluster berries. Macerated on its skins, giving it an orange hue and a richer and fuller body. It appears to be hazy or sofly cloudy and may show fine lees or sediment. It has green apple, lemon zest, chamomile, and some faint herbal lifts, with yeasty wet straw and subtle nutty notes. On the palate, the texture should be silky to waxy mid-palate with pronounced mouth coating from lees and the whole-cluster press; moderate to full body. A bright acid backbone, with rounded malo; fruits of orchard and stone fruits with citrus, ripe but not jammy; tangy umami, with a mineral finish and yeast notes with a faint tannic grip from stems and some tannin from the whole cluster. Some typical rustic signals from the natural and unfiltered process are slightly va or acetified notes. Mild reduction on opening that resolves with decanting/breathing. And a more pronounced texture variability bottle to bottle and visible sediment. Recommend serving at 50° F, and decanting for 15 minutes to allow any reductive notes to blow off and sediment to settle. Case of 12 bottles.