2024 Bow & Arrow Union School Willamette Valley Chenin Blanc Willamette Valley, USA Slam Dunk Gifts Fossil & Fawn's take on

Fossil & Fawn's take on a 'Gemischter-Satz' style bottling - this single site white blend comes from old plantings (37-50 years) on the red volcanic soils of Sunnyside Vineyard

5hl oak barrel

The climate is slightly warmer than some of the more coastal sites within Santa Barbara County

AGING: Aged in glass-tiled concrete vats for 6 monthsb on fine lees

The wine was not fined

2024 Bow & Arrow Union School Willamette Valley Chenin Blanc Willamette Valley, USA Slam Dunk Gifts Fossil & Fawn's take on100% sourced from Union School Vineyard, the same place we get the Sauvignon Blanc for Fool's Gold. I travelled to Matthew Rorick's Heritage Vineyard a few years back and collected cuttings from his Chenin block after finding a grower willing to graft for me. The site is perfect for SB and Chenin slightly warmer, good drainage, crotchety old German at the helm I ripen till the fruit turns yellow and speckled like a bird's egg and then direct press to