Baxter Mendocino Chardonnay Oppenlander Vineyard 2022 25OFF2024BFCM and the Lebanese-British Asseily family

and the Lebanese-British Asseily family have spent two decades quietly turning a derelict property into one of the appellation's standouts

This village Nuits-Saint-Georges is drawn from four parcels in the northern half of the appellation

making up 60% of the final ratio

and the Danjean family is exhibit A

it reflects Ridge’s commitment to quality and terroir-driven expression

Baxter Mendocino Chardonnay Oppenlander Vineyard 2022 25OFF2024BFCM and the Lebanese-British Asseily familyChablis in spirit, grown less than ten miles from the Pacific: the Oppenlander vineyard sits near Comptche in a cold, remote pocket of Mendocino, and Baxter picks it late to get flavor without weight. The fruit is hand harvested and whole cluster pressed, fermented slowly on native yeasts, then aged about twelve months on its lees in neutral French oak texture from the barrel, no oak flavor. Phil Baxter trained at UC Davis and in Burgundy across