Walter Scott, Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019 burgundy_wines-template beginning to show the tertiary

beginning to show the tertiary complexity that defines mature Barolo

The wine's natural fermentation and minimal sulfite additions allow its pure terroir character to shine

smaller and less celebrated than its neighbor Chambertin but capable of remarkable precision in the right hands

crafted by Hervé Brisson in his inaugural releases

though there is no rush

Walter Scott, Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019 burgundy_wines-template beginning to show the tertiaryFreedom Hill is the broad shouldered half of Walter Scott's Chardonnay lineup the marine sedimentary counterweight to their volcanic Eola Amity sites. The vineyard runs along the southeast slopes of an ancient uplifted seabed on well draining Bellpine loam, in what is now the Mount Pisgah, Polk County AVA; the second generation Dusschee family farms it organically, and its shelter from the Van Duzer wind corridor gives riper, more concentrated fruit