{"product_id":"honeymoon-martha-stoumen-chardonnay-california-natural-wine","title":"Honeymoon 2018","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoneymoon is an 85% Colombard, 15% Chardonnay blend sourced entirely from Redwood Valley in Mendocino County. The Colombard comes from Ricetti Vineyard, where head-trained, dry-farmed vines planted in 1948 grow on gravelly loam soils. The Chardonnay comes from Hawkeye Vineyard, also in Redwood Valley, farmed organically and without irrigation. Colombard is a parent variety of Chenin blanc, and at old-vine age with a long hang time into late October, it develops a complexity the grape rarely shows elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2018 was a cool vintage in Redwood Valley, and the Colombard picked up a rare occurrence of favorable botrytis — something Martha Stoumen notes happens roughly once a decade. That botrytis left 2 g\/L of residual sugar in the finished wine, making it ever-so-slightly off-dry. Both varieties were whole-cluster pressed and fermented natively in neutral barrels on their full juice lees, then aged for a year on lees before blending. The wine was lightly filtered prior to bottling in July 2019 to account for the residual sugar. Total SO2 at bottling: 29 mg\/L.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the nose: honeysuckle, beeswax, and preserved lemon. The palate delivers wildflower honey, candied ginger root, and chamomile, with a rounded, textured mouthfeel and well-integrated acidity. The botrytis influence gives it a richness reminiscent of a Loire Chenin blanc — a profile this wine does not achieve in most vintages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartha Stoumen Wines produces approximately 8,000 cases annually out of a shared facility in Healdsburg, CA. All wines undergo native primary and malolactic fermentation. No added commercial yeasts. Vegan.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martha Stoumen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32441384599645,"sku":"STOUHONE18C","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/martha-stoumen-honeymoon-california-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187223","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/honeymoon-martha-stoumen-chardonnay-california-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}