AREA  
Barboursville, Virginia Appellation.

GRAPES
100% Chardonnay

ALCOHOL LEVEL 
13% vol.

TYPE OF SOIL
From one parcel facing south-west 280 meters elevation, the vines grow in well drained Davidson clay loam soil of variable vigor formed from weathered greenstone, the subsoil is a slightly acidic dark red permeable 

TRAINING METHOD
Double Guyot (cane pruned) 

PLANT DENSITY
4.166 per hectare (1,686/acre) 

YIELD
100 quintals per hectare (4 tons/acre) 

VINIFICATION AND AGEING  
Whole cluster pressed, juice is fermented in 2-3 years old French and American oak and the n aged for 8 months with weekly lees stirring. Malolactic fermentation it is not allowed in order to retain freshness and firm acidity.