Product Overview
Winery's Notes:
"We bottled a small portion of 2022 Estate Roussanne primarily for wine club members and the tasting room. A “Baby L’Avion”, the grapes for this wine were harvested following the L’Avion cherry-picking passes. The 2022 Estate Roussanne ferments then ages in Neutral French oak rather than 100% new L’Avion Oak for perhaps more purity and an earlier drinking window. The majority of Roussanne now goes to our “Uni” blend, with much higher levels of Chardonnay (30-60%) to make the wine more delicate. Because of the popularity of Uni, we haven’t made an Estate Roussanne since the 2019 vintage.
Lemon energy froths and surges from the nose through the mouth. The wave of energy becomes brimmed with ripe, tropical pineapple. Mouth-filling and viscous, yet airy and wispy, with perhaps some fresh coconut flesh and a quenching, long-lived finish. L’Avion without the new oak, the wine is already complete and ready to drink! 2022 Roussanne is bottled unfined and unfiltered, and some bottles show a faint haze that plays into a soft, billowy texture."
Varietal Composition: 88% Roussanne, 12% Chardonnay
Appellation: Ballard Canyon AVA
Aging: 8 months in neutral 500L French oak puncheons
Production: 340 cases
Winemaker: Kyle Knapp
