2023 "Cohort 3" Chardonnay
Progressive Scale Weight: 6W
Vintage: 2023
Varietal: 100% Chardonnay
Appellation: Alexander Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Barrel Aging: 10 months, 18% New French Oak, 82% Neutral French Oak
Alcohol: 14.3%
Cases Produced: 627
Winemaker: Aaron Piotter
Proprietors: TJ & Hadley Douglas
Our Chardonnay grapes come from Alexander Mountain, one of Sonoma's finest Alexander Valley AVA vineyards. These extreme mountain grapes defy what most people think of when they hear California Chardonnay - the small grapes never grow to over-ripeness, so they maintain their high acidity and expressive flavor. We've taken a gentle hand with the oak aging so that the natural tendencies of the mountain fruit can shine through. You'll find bright aromas of green apple, pear, and lemon zest on the nose. The palate of the wine is crisp with lively acidity and fantastic minerality. We love the flavors of ripe citrus and stone fruit.
This wine is a staple in the Douglas household and makes both French and American Chardonnay lovers happy!
Some Quick Info About
PWC's Core Tenets
PWC is not made from bulk juice.
No leftover juice or shiner bottles here - you deserve to know where your wine comes from! We've been working with this wine since it was grapes on a vine! We're choosing to work with growers like Juan Gamino, a first-generation Mexican-American grower in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma. Over time, we expect our entire grape portfolio to be as intentional as our wine.
PWC is a new way to think about wine.
Learning about wine can be intimidating. To make it easier, we developed the Progressive Scale, a way of categorizing wine by its body instead of varietal or region.
PWC pays it forward.
$1 of every bottle or piece of merchandise sold goes to support learning opportunities for the Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color participants. When you support PWC, you're not just buying wine to enjoy, you're also supporting equity and inclusion in the wine industry.
PWC is a vehicle for industry learning.
For ten weeks each year, the current cohort of Urban Grape Wine Studies Award for Students of Color interns will work an entire harvest season in Sonoma to learn the ins and outs of winemaking. They will assist our winemaking team in all aspects of making PWC. The sales from their wine will allow the next season's interns to have the same experience. Each vintage is named after the cohort that helped to make it. And this is how we change the wine world - one vintage at a time!
At PWC, everyone is a wine drinker.
The wine world doesn't need another brand—it needs is a new way to think about wine. This is the only way we'll encourage future generations to stay connected with the industry. PWC is here to build a bigger table - and set a wine glass at each place setting.
Our purpose.
We believe in a more inclusive wine world. With your support, change will happen one vintage at a time, and together, we can progress our palates while building a wine industry that reflects us all!