Our 2015 Chambourcin harvest holds a special place in Hiddencroft’s winemaking history. It was the vintage that helped shape our approach to extended barrel aging. But it also gave us the opportunity to explore an entirely different expression of Chambourcin. Following fermentation of the entire 2015 Chambourcin vintage, we drew off a portion of the young wine, fortified it, and placed it in barrels for two years. That wine became Vison Noir, our dry, fortified, port-style Chambourcin. The remaining wine embarked on a much longer journey. We used it for an extended-élevage experiment, eventually producing two bottlings: one after approximately four and a half years in neutral oak and another…