Birichino Chardonnay St Georges 2024 Gamay Philosophy: Organic viticulture preserving the

Philosophy: Organic viticulture preserving the authentic expression of historic Verdejo clones

with a south-east exposure

5 hectares

This isn't unduly structured but is a wine that will still require at least 5-ish years of forbearance

honey—dry

Birichino Chardonnay St Georges 2024 Gamay Philosophy: Organic viticulture preserving theBack in 1969, George Besson, Sr. planted this Chardonnay on the site of an abandoned old plum orchard in Hecker Pass at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Farmed for the past 56 years by George and his son George Jr., the fruit had gone to Josh Jensen and Calera for decades until 2024. Lying a few hundred feet above sea level on decomposed granite and clay soils, these old vines provide the stone fruited core to our first vintage of St. Georges