Les Lunes "Searby Vineyard" 2022 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast

750ml bottle

The Searby Vineyard was leased in 2022, giving Shaunt and Diego the opportunity to work with 40-year-old Chardonnay plantings from a historic site that had existed pre-Depression.  The vineyard is coastal and rimmed with second growth redwood forests, the cool shade from these trees plus the influence of coastal breezes gives amazing depth and freshness for California Chardonnay.

The vineyard is farmed entirely by Les Lunes, and is unirrigated and untilled.  Grapes are hand harvested over a period of 4 days, direct pressed and settled overnight.  Fermentation occurs in stainless tanks and juice totes, with a short 8-month élevage in stainless steel tanks.  The age of the vines highlights powerful and somewhat opulent varietal typicity, with density and a freshness that we find unique.

At Les Lunes Wine we lease our own vineyards, work our own vines and built our own cellar. We're blazing our own trail like the pioneering winemakers of California. Our goal is to grow wines that pay respect to the great wines of California’s past.

We do very little in the cellar because we spend time in our vineyards. Proper pruning, precise suckering, well-timed treatments and thoughtful weed management lets us minimize the pesticide inputs in our vineyards. We do this to preserve the indigenous microbes on the grapes and in the soils, which leads to healthier and more complex wines that don’t need adjusting or stabilizing.

Our goal year in and year out is to bring you a unique taste of the distinct times and places which we love and tend. The care that we bring through the entire winegrowing process shines through into the final product. Our wines are balanced in their youth, but the care we invest in the winegrowing will continue to reverberate in your cellar for years to come.