Clones
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2024
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled seafood, roasted chicken, creamy pasta dishes
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Clones' bottling from Channing Daughters is a fascinating liquid study in viticultural diversity, celebrating the distinct personalities of various Chardonnay clones planted across their estate vineyards in Bridgehampton, Long Island. By blending different clonal selections—which can include Dijon clones, Clone 4, and the aromatic Chardonnay Musqué—winemaker Christopher Tracy crafts a white wine of immense complexity and texture. The maritime climate of the South Fork, characterized by cool ocean breezes and well-draining Bridgehampton silt loam soils, allows these clones to ripen slowly and retain vibrant acidity. Fermented with wild yeasts and aged in a combination of stainless steel and neutral French oak, this wine captures the salty sea air, crisp orchard fruit, and subtle mineral depth unique to the East End's terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded by Walter Channing with initial vineyard plantings dating back to 1982 in Bridgehampton on Long Island's South Fork, Channing Daughters Winery stands as one of New York's most inventive and boundary-pushing artisanal producers. Guided by partner and winemaker Christopher Tracy alongside partner Larry Perrine, the estate champions low-intervention, sustainable viticulture across its distinctive maritime terroir. The winery is celebrated for its remarkably diverse and adventurous portfolio encompassing more than two dozen grape varieties, ranging from skin-contact orange wines like Meditazione and complex field blends like Mosaico to expressive single-vineyard expressions such as L'Enfant Sauvage Chardonnay and Scuttlehole Chardonnay. Through experimental fermentations, pet-nats, and traditional method sparklers, Channing Daughters continues to showcase the dynamic potential and saline elegance of East End winemaking.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay