Medo Chardonnay 2023

Name: Medo Chardonnay 2023
Brand: FARMentation
SKU: farmentation-medo-chardonnaydrywhite-2023-14%-750ml
Price: 80.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$80.00

Medo, 梅朵, means little flower in Tibetan, the name Yuchen gives a run of his Shangri-La wines and a nod to the people who first planted vines on these impossibly high slopes. FARMentation is his homecoming: a doctorate in oenology and years in France, Germany and Chile behind him, Yuchen came back to Yunnan to read the terroir of Shangri-La's small villages, high on the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau. This Chardonnay grows at an altitude that would defeat most vineyards, where thin dry air, fierce sun and cold nights slow everything to a crawl. Hand-harvested, fermented slowly in old oak and aged on its lees, it is precise rather than plush: citrus peel and stone fruit, a whisper of cream, and the long saline line that only mountains give. Chardonnay shaped by altitude and patience.

Pairing Suggestions

The other Shangri-La Chardonnay, and the rounder of the pair.
It has the weight for richer sauces: salted egg prawns, or gulai ayam.
Or matsutake, which grows in the same province and knows the wine.

About FARMentation

FARMentation® is a Yunnan-based rural fermentation project founded by Yuchen, a Chinese winemaker trained across major wine regions in Europe and South America. With a doctoral background in winemaking, Yuchen combines technical precision with a deep commitment to agriculture, rural culture, and low-intervention practices.

After completing his studies in Germany, Yuchen returned to Yunnan and began working in the Shangri-La region, where high-altitude vineyards and mountain villages became the foundation of his winemaking journey. FARMentation® represents a return home and a long-term exploration of terroir through fermentation.

The project is guided by a collective philosophy of “growing in freedom, fermenting good stuff,” focusing on natural fermentations carried out at origin. FARMentation® works with local fruit, historic vineyards, and traditional grape varieties, aiming to revitalise rural landscapes while expressing the clarity, freshness, and tension shaped by Yunnan’s altitude and light.

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