PROLOGUE

Chardonnay

Starting with the 2024 vintage, the grapes for our Prologue Chardonnay are sourced from a premium Russian River vineyard.

In an homage to one of Sonoma’s most revered and meticulously farmed sites, the 2024 Prologue Chardonnay is drawn exclusively from the Ellen Lane Estate vineyard in Forestville. A hillside jewel in the cool, marine-influenced western Russian River Valley. This exceptional parcel, once the singular source of Paul Hobbs’ legendary single-vineyard Chardonnay bottlings, yields wines of profound precision, minerality, and grace in vintages of restraint and balance.

Ultra-limited and profoundly site-specific, the 2024 Prologue Chardonnay is crafted for the discerning collector who seeks wines of finesse, longevity, and unmistakable provenance—an exquisite continuation of Ellen Lane’s storied legacy, reinterpreted through Afterwords’ uncompromising vision.