Walter Scott, Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019 burgundy_wines-template though there is no rush

though there is no rush

A rare chance at a true Barolo unicorn

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

beginning to show the tertiary complexity that defines mature Barolo

Walter Scott, Freedom Hill Vineyard Chardonnay, 2019 burgundy_wines-template though there is no rushFreedom 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