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Wine Specs

Vintage

2016

Varietal

Chardonnay

Appellation

Willamette Valley

Harvest Date

Early September

Aging

20% new, 600 liter puncheons and 80% old French oak barriques for 11 months

Alcohol %

Wine Spectator

Wine Enthusiast

2016 Bunker Hill Estate Chardonnay Library Release

800 Cases Produced

October of 2025 Larry and Thomas revisited these wines to gain insight

into their evolution in bottle over the years.

This first vintage of Bunker Hill garnered Lingua Franca our first Top 100 Chardonnay from the Wine Spectator upon release. In the meantime, it has held up to our lofty expectations for this wine—gaining in elegance and complexity as it matures in the bottle. The wine is still bright and fresh with notes of tangerine oil and black lime with a long savory finish.

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Wine Profile

Vineyard Notes

BHV Chardonnay is exclusively from Salem’s Bunker Hill, with CH76 vines planted in 1995 on pure Nekia soils at an altitude of around 800 feet. BHV, the only west facing vineyard we work with, is exposed directly to the cooling ocean winds of the Van Duzer corridor.

Production Notes

The grapes were picked to maximize freshness and tension in the finished wine. Whole cluster pressed, settled in tank for 24 hours on average, barrel fermented in a combination of 20% new, 600 liter puncheons and 80% old French oak barriques from diverse coopers and left to age for 11 months. Full malolactic fermentation completed in each vessel and then the wines were put back in tank with their lees for five months prior to bottling.

2016 Bunker Hill Estate Chardonnay Library Release

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