‘Tenth Stop’

Vintage Notes

An early spring with unseasonable heat marked the beginning of the 2022 growing season. However, by the middle of the vintage, a long and mild summer had set in with the predictable pattern of fog rolling in most evenings and burning off by midmorning in
mostcases with few “pea soup” days to stall ripening after verasion took place. This set the fruit on a path for long even ripening with full phenolic development. However, right at harvest mother nature threw a couple of curveballs, first in the form of more heatwaves followed closely by early rainstorms, increasing the threat of mildew and botrytis exponentially. However, careful canopy management and sugar monitoring meant the fruit came in clean and mostly unaffected by the late rains or excessive heat.

Winemaker Notes

“The name of the 2022 Chardonnay Tenth Stop refers to the hometown of founders Christopher, Max, and Myles, who grew up in Occidental, the town that served as the tenth stop on the North Pacific Coast Railroad from San Francisco. The wine pours a golden/yellow hue and offers a gorgeous nose on opening, exuding woven notes of honeydew melon, chive, wet stone, hazelnut, and grilled lemon. Full-bodied, it saturates the palate with a plush texture, white pepper, and notes of crème brûlée on the finish. Long on the palate, it’s showing well at this stage, but it’s another age-worthy wine from the Senses team to enjoy over the coming 12-15 years.”
– 97pts, Tom Capo, Jeb Dunnuck