NV | Statera Cellars 'Multa V' Chardonnay | Willamette Valley Cantina Terlano blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors

blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavors forming the core

Hints of small red and black fruit like raspberries

fruit-driven palate that is mild yet fresh

The acidity is marked and nicely integrated

but it is the wine's breathtaking finesse and elegance that stand out most

NV | Statera Cellars 'Multa V' Chardonnay | Willamette Valley Cantina Terlano blackberry and boysenberry fruit flavorsEach year, grapes were whole cluster pressed, settled overnight, and fermented in neutral french barrels. Each vintage spent 16 months in barrel before being added to the solera system. The solera system was built by first combining a barrel from 2016 to a barrel from 2017, and then putting them back into barrels for continued aging. A year later, they were combined with a barrel from the 2018 vintage, and then put back to barrel, etc. The 2020