2024 Joyce Chardonnay 'Submarine Canyon'

100% Chardonnay from the Ventana and Rodger Rose vineyards. Fermented with native yeasts. Full natural malolactic. Aged in 75% Neutral French Oak and 25% in concrete vessels. Aging for eight months on the lees before bottling unfiltered. 12.8% alcohol. 3,432 cases made. This is an extremely clean and pure expression of coastal influenced Chardonnay with obvious Burgundian influences. Apple, pear and citrus with undertones of river rock minerals and butter. Medium bodied and quite concentrated, with excellent acidity.  The origins of Joyce Winery trace back to when now owner and winemaker Russell Joyce’s father, a race car driver, stumbled upon of Carmel Valley in 1972 in order to be close to Laguna Seca. In 1986 he planted the 5 acres around the family home. Russell, born in 1986, grew up working on the small vineyard his entire childhood.