Haywire Secrest Mountain Chardonnay //​ Okanagan Crush Pad

Chardonnay made the way nature intended, free from oak, additives, and not manipulated is a beautiful thing. Fresh and expressive, this wine is a textural dream. Classic Okanagan fruit profiles unencumbered in a perfectly authentic varietal expression

Winemaker

Matt Dumayne

Farming

Organic (conversion).

Region

Okanagan Valley, British Columbia

Vineyard

Secrest Mountain is a 15ha vineyard on a flat south-west facing bench in a mountain setting 487 meters above sea level. This cool site has 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.

Grapes

Chardonnay

Winemaking

Whole bunch pressed into two egg-shaped concrete tanks for a long native ferment followed by malolactic fermentation. It was left on gross lees to build texture and richness for 10 months before bottling unfiltered.