More than white 2022

Name: More than white 2022
Brand: FARMentation
SKU: farmentation-morethanwhitechardonnayorangewine-2022-13.5%-750ml
Price: 80.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$80.00

Yunnan, China · Skin Contact Wine · Full Bodied

More than White began as a happy accident. In 2020, Yuchen set out to make a straight Chardonnay from Rewa, but at 2,700 metres, on what is currently the highest-altitude vineyard in China, the fruit was so restrained and refined that a normal pressing could not draw it out. So after harvest he gave it a little skin contact to coax the aromas free, and something more than a white was born. This is the third vintage of that idea. Chardonnay grown at extreme altitude, where thin dry air and fierce mountain sun bring firm acidity and pristine fruit, hand-picked and given a cold 24-hour maceration in earthenware before a natural fermentation and fourteen months on its lees in old oak. Amber in the glass, with herbal and citrus-peel aromatics rather than tropical fruit, a gentle grip from the skins, and the taut, saline energy that only mountains give. A wine of restraint and altitude, unfiltered and alive. Give it a couple of hours of air.

Pairing Suggestions

Skin contact from Yunnan, which nobody was writing ten years ago.
Its tannin cuts through chilli oil: dan dan noodles, or sour bamboo shoot soup.
Or Dai-style grilled fish, stuffed hard with lemongrass.

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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