2020 Subject to Change Wine Co. 'Bang Bang' Chardonnay

This was STC’s first vintage making Bang Bang from the old vine Chard fruit at Kazmet Vineyard in Redwood Valley. They’ve been thrilled to work extensively with Neil Mettler & Leila Kazimini, the proprietors of this stunning property that is planted to Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Syrah (we work with all three varieties from their site). The Chardonnay was planted in the 60s and is dry farmed and head trained (think bush vines). The vines look like trees as you walk through the vineyard. The grapes were foot crushed, macerated overnight, pressed to stainless tank, and then moved to neutral oak barrels at the start of fermentation. The wine spent 10 months in barrel before being racked to a bottling tank. As always, bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no addition of SO2.  AVA: Redwood Valley, Mendocino  ABV: 12.8% Case Production: 144 Bottling Date: April 2021  Release Date: October 2022 Like previous vintages of Bang Bang, this wine has lazer sharp acidity, stoney minerality and ci