Haywire Secrest Chardonnay, 2020

VINEYARD: Secrest Mountain Vineyard is a 50-acre site, home to a 38-acre (15ha) vineyard situated on a flat south-west facing bench in a high mountain setting 487 meters (1,600ft) above sea level. This cool site has flat alluvial soils studded with coarse gravel and sandy loam with limestone layers. The vineyard was planted in 2000 with Chardonnay, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Gamay Noir and Pinot Noir. Since 2010, it has been farmed under the direction of Okanagan Crush Pad and a conversion to organic farming practices was started in 2014. In 2018 when Brad and Dave Wise decided to retire, the winery purchased the property from the family and will carry on with the work that the Wise family has done for the past 18 years.

WINEMAKING: The wine was whole bunch pressed for gentle juice recovery and quality, the natural yeast fermented wine was then aged in concrete tanks and large puncheons for 10 months before bottling.

WINE PROFILE The Chardonnay delivers a clean fruit driven style backed by a creamy, textured mouthfeel framed with mouth watering acidity.

Brix: 21.7 | pH: 3.65 | TA: 5.2 | RS: 0.0 | Alc: 12.8%