Company Description
Challen Winery from Santa Maria, CA. Company specialized in: Wineries & Wine Tours.
Check out our website for more - http://challenwinery.com
Products & Services
Minimalist approach to wine production , Constant 'topping' of barrels for blending tanks , Indigenous and cultured yeasts for primary fermentation , Gentle pumping of free run juice into French Oak barrels , Wine membership club with carefully curated 3-bottle shipments arriving 4 times a year , Use of only French Oak barrels, predominately Tronçais Forest and Châtillon Forest by Tonnellerie Rousseau , Bottling without fining or filtering , Clonal selection including 'Heritage' clones 2A Pommard 4, Mt. Eden, and Calera; and 'Dijon' clones 113, 114, 115, 667 and 777 , Racking after malolactic fermentation , Sourcing grapes from well-established vineyard sites , Low pressure 'pressed juice' extraction from remaining must , Premium single vineyard designated Pinot Noir and Chardonnay production