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Producer Spotlight
Morgen Long Chardonnay
Fruit is handpicked at an optimal range of physiological, sugar and acid ripeness. I crush clusters into the press and employ extractive press cycles to obtain high acidity must (juice), with substantial turbidity and flavonoid phenol content. I do not sulfur must in the press pan, allowing fragile flavonoid phenols to oxidize. After 6-12 hours of browning (oxidation) during cold settling, I sulfur the must to halt oxidation and development of biogenic amines. After 12-24 hours, the sulfured must is warmed. Ambient fermentation typically begins a day or two later, and the fermenting must is transferred to 265L, 350L, 400L and 500L Damy barrels and puncheons. I exclusively use 24-month seasoned staves from Vosges, Jura, Bertranges, Allier with long light toast. I encourage warm to hot fermentation temperatures. If the must benefits from chaptalization, acidulation, or organic nutrients, I accommodate - I place equal value on ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’; in other words, I refuse ideology or dogma. Lees are rarely stirred, only as needed if progress slows towards the end of primary fermentation. Once primary fermentation and malolactic are complete, the wines are sulfured and age in a cold cellar. After one year in barrel, the wines are transferred to stainless steel with inert gas to integrate for a second winter. The wines are sometimes fined and gently filtered before bottling at 18 months.
Chardonnay's fluidity shows nuance. It thrives in many climates & soils. It's highly responsive in the cellar, a clear reflection of how it's made. To many, it's identity may be uncertain. Starting with this humble grape, my singular focus is to craft authentic age-worthy wines of time & place.
"I look for vineyards which are thin places, where the temporal and eternal seem to wear thin, and where the layers of farming, the interaction between human and vine, are most focused on revealing the spirit of place." Morgen Long
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