Maceration is a skin-contact white blend we developed to allow for creativity and experimentation in the cellar each year as we continue to play and explore the potential of many of the non-traditional white grapes we have in the vineyard. For the 2022 vintage, the Maceration blend consisted of 32% Grüner Veltliner, 26% Ribolla Gialla, 24% Kerner, and 18% Friulano. Each variety was 100% whole berry destemmed and fermented for approximately 1 month on skins, the entirety of primary fermentation, then pressed at dryness and aged in neutral barrel. With the 2022 vintage, we introduced the inaugural amphorae to the Johan cellar, and skin-fermented the Grüner in this vessel – bringing an earthy base note to the blend. Fermentations and elevage were kept separate by variety, aged for 11 months, then blended and bottled in September 2023, unfined and unfiltered.