2022 Chardonnay Chehalem Mountain
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Showing off a bit more power in the range, the 2022 Chardonnay Chehalem Mountain Vineyard is a bright yellow/golden color and reveals notes of ripe peaches, flinty wet stones, corn kernels, and orange peel. Full-bodied, it has electric energy that cuts through the wine, with more concentrated richness, and it lasts for ages on the palate. It’s a more assertive wine overall and should have the structure to drink at its best for another decade or more. Drink 2025-2040. Now in their tenth vintage, 00 Wines has expanded to an annual production of 5,000 cases in Oregon and includes their wines from both Burgundy and Champagne, which are featured in this report. Founded by husband-and-wife duo Katherine and Christopher Hermann, they exclusively produce Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. They derived the name “00” from numerology and say it represents true and absolute potential. Their first vintage was in 2015, and in 2017, they relocated to a shared winemaking facility that they currently operate out of. Katherine takes charge of the creative direction with packaging and communications. Her background in marketing led her to New York City and Boulder, Colorado, where she worked for technology startups before arriving in the Willamette Valley. Before establishing 00 Wines, Christopher served as a legal advisor for nearly 40 years to many of the top names in the wine and spirits industry, specializing in environmental law. They are inspired by the great wines of Burgundy and implement many Burgundian techniques, guided by their consultant, Pierre Millemann, and their winemaker, Wynne Peterson-Nerdry.
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The 2022 Chardonnay Chehalem Mountain is powerful and energetic. It pairs ripe fruit and smoky reduction on the nose, with scents of matchstick and roasted almond giving way to intense candied peach, baklava and spice. The medium-bodied palate matches concentrated, flinty flavors with shimmery acidity, and it has a long, ethereal finish.
The 2022 Chardonnay Chehalem Mountain pulls the taster down into the earth as a whiff of flowery underbrush, wet stones and crushed rocks leads to musky apricot and the slightest hint of patchouli. Vividly fruit-focused within, it cascades across the palate with ripe orchard fruits and candied citrus tones, all perfectly offset by a whiplash of zesty acidity and a stern core of salty minerals. This leaves the palate saturated in a saline concentration and lemony intensity, tapering off with extreme length and sapidity. The 2022 will require patience to come together fully, especially aromatically, but once it does—look out!