It feels as though we have been working on and anticipating this wine for even longer than the years the wine spent aging—after nearly 3 years, we are quite ecstatic with the results. Grapes were picked at around 20 to 21 brix for the Chardonnay portion of this wine, and pressed entirely using a champagne style press program to best suit the fruit. The 2018 Olivet Lane Pinot Noir saignée made for the 8% Pinot Noir portion of the blend. After fermentation, the wine was allowed to further age in tank in order to help with the maturation of flavors before tirage. Tirage occurred in August 2019, at which time the wine was laid down in bottle until its disgorgement late in May 2021. Dosage was settled on at 5g/L, putting this wine on the dry side of Brut classification, and a blend of 2019 Olivet Lane Chardonnay (2%) and Pinot Noir (0.5%) were used as the vehicle for the dosage.