Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Chardonnay Gimelli Vineyard 2023 NO GTIN and fresh grapes

and fresh grapes

The site is known for electric acidity and a distinct minerality

Complex and opulent but with a dark mineral backbone that keeps it alive and fresh

Whole-bunch fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged nine months in barrel

twelve months on lees and six in stainless before bottling

Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Chardonnay Gimelli Vineyard 2023 NO GTIN and fresh grapesRyan Stirm's minimalist project keeps finding California's overlooked corners, and Cienega Valley in San Benito County is one of the best of them a narrow limestone laced valley in the shadow of the Gabilan Mountains. The Gimelli Vineyard (once known as El Gabilan) traces back over 120 years and supplied cuttings to much of the region; this Chardonnay comes from an 11 acre block planted in 1997 on calcite weathered alluvial sand. Whole cluster