2023 BXT Wines Wheeler Vineyard Blanc De Blanc, San Benito County, USA Mouzon-Leroux 40% whole grapes

40% whole grapes

This wine macerated for three weeks—among their briefest macerations (Ciliegiolo possesses thick skins and a great deal of phenolic material)—and spent two years in a combination of concrete and steel before being bottled with no additions

Since 2016

2021 vintage notes: It was a dry winter with twenty-five inches of rain

salty fruit

2023 BXT Wines Wheeler Vineyard Blanc De Blanc, San Benito County, USA Mouzon-Leroux 40% whole grapesFrom the winemaker: For over 40 years, John Siletto and his family have been organically farming several unique sites and varietals in San Benito County. Planted on a gravelly alluvial fan of Pleasanton loam, 49 year old Wente Clone Chardonnay on the rootstock AXR 1 remains firmly planted having survived phylloxera that swept through the California wine industry 30 years ago. The Chardonnay was our last pick of the 2022 and was hand harvested on the