Hope Well 2020 Chenin Blanc

Eola-Amity Hills. Mimi followed the advise of Francoise Chidaine, the maestro of Chenin, and kept this on the vines for an extra 10 days. The nose has a a gorgeous aroma set of lemon oils, nectarine, a kiss of oak, and a light minerality. The palate is just beautifully balanced with texture and citrus throughout. D&M Tasting Notes

In 2015 Mimi left Bethel Heights and began her Hope Well journey, building an island of biodiversity and resilience on her own 80-acre farm, growing grapes for others to support the farm, and making wines to give a voice to the process of regeneration. Firmly convinced that moving from conventional to regenerative agriculture on working lands is the most powerful tool humanity has to reverse climate change, the mission of Hope Well has been to help spread the word by example, one farm at a time.

2020 changed everything. In 2020 the climate delivered a clear personal message that there is no time left for a one-farm-at-a-time strategy to address the climate crisis. In 2021 Mimi made the hard decision to move Hope Well, the wine, the sheep, the chickens, the children, the philosophy, the entire ethos, to a much smaller, integrated farm that allows for the time and personal capacity to do the work that needs to be done now, building strategies and networks that can transform agriculture on a global scale while there is still time. Winery Notes