Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider fleshy character

fleshy character

Bright red fruit and citrus

dried plums

Claridad’s flagship Espadín mezcal comes from Onofre Ortíz Ortíz

sapid on the palate

Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Sparkling & Cider fleshy characterThese are the oldest Chardonnay vines in the Sta. Rita Hills, planted at Sanford & Benedict in 1971, back when the idea of great California Chardonnay this far south was borderline eccentric. Racines the Burgundian team of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve farms a parcel of that original planting on a gently north facing slope of thin shale and chert soils. The winemaking is deliberately restrained: fermentation across puncheons, barrels and