Weingut Tauss "Chardonnay" Region_Slovenia This extremely humble and hard-working

This extremely humble and hard-working vigneron has unintentionally become (for me) an iconoclastic vigneron within Beaujolais

Specifically

Think ripe quince on the rocks with a breezy touch of the finest sea salt and smoke

Notes from the Importer: Here comes a great talent of whom no vintage should be missed

with no sulfites added

Weingut Tauss "Chardonnay" Region_Slovenia This extremely humble and hard-workingGrapes: Chardonnay Region: Styria, Austria Vintage: 2020 Viticulture: Organic + Biodynamic Soils: Opok Vinification: Grapes are hand harvested into small crates, with manual selection in the vineyard. Destemmed, left on skins overnight, and then gently pressed in open pneumatic press. Both the alcoholic and malolactic fermentations happen spontaneously in old neutral French barriques and 300L barrels. Aging: The wine spends about 12 months in total