2025 Leona Unoaked Chardonnay
The Wine
Stainless steel fermentation allows the youthful fruit of this younger Chardonnay to shine, and shine it does. In the coolness of 2025, long slow development on the vine allowed for a very layered development of precise fruit and floral aromatics, a luscious texture reminiscent of fresh cut melon and lovely fresh finish, like cut grass and the smell of flowering trees in the spring air.
The Vintage
The 2025 vintage growing season started early, but a cool summer shifted the ripening pattern and harvest started and ended later than expected, with occasional rain. Heat spikes were brief and moderate. Vines took their time, allowing for longer, slower development that yielded layered, complex wines with depth and polish even at relatively modest sugar levels.
Tasting notes: Bosc pear, peach pit, rosewater, orange creamsicle, honeydew, springtime.
Technical Information
Harvest date: 9/24/25 & 10/7/25
Cases: 315 cases
Alcohol: 12.9%
Fermentation: Stainless steel tank
Elevage: Stainless steel tank, 6 months
