Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose with grip on the finish

with grip on the finish that only vineyards like this deliver

made predominantly from Pinot Noir with a touch of Chardonnay to enhance finesse and lift

Madagascar vanilla

complementing the spicy flavors typical to Basil Hayden high-rye mashbill

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Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose with grip on the finishThese 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