The 2017 Matthews Reserve Sauvignon Blanc was crafted exclusively from one vineyard site in Washington State, Boushey Vineyard located in the Yakima Valley. Farmed using sustainable practices. The vines were then hand-harvested in the early mornings of late summer. This wine was made from one whole cluster pressed portion and another part that was de-stemmed and macerated for 24 hours. Upon arriving at the winery, each cluster was hand-sorted, whole cluster pressed, and left to settle for 24-48 hours. It was then fermented for 8 months in concrete eggs (68%) and 600L French oak punchons (32%). The wine was rolled weekly in the puncheons while the eggs were stirred monthly weekly before being settled in bottle in June. Following over 40 individual evaluations by our winemaking team, the resulting 211 cases were bottled, producing only 211 cases.