Our “En Famille” Reserve Chardonnay is made from our most prized old vine block of the Con Vida Vineyard on the Skaha Bluff and the Plein de Vie vineyard on the Naramata Bench. We blend the best fruit from each site to achieve a balance that is intensely ripe, mouth wateringly-fresh and savoury all at once. 2017 required dynamic and reactive canopy work given the cooler vintage as well as multiple picks as hang-time extended into late September. The wine is barrel-fermented with primary native yeast and underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation. It was aged in a mix of premium French barriques and puncheons with only a judicious amount of new oak used. Extended lees contact and monthly bâtonnage enhanced the mouthfeel and resulted in a lengthy savoury complexity.
