Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Wenzlau Vineyard 2020 050526OFFER with 20 to 25% of

with 20 to 25% of wines vinified in small oak barrels

This gin is noticeably lacking juniper but is heavy on fruit and florals like peach

fortified and bottled

From the producer: La Tierra de Acre Mezcal Tobalá is harvested from the wild and has a medium nose that is soft on the palate with a sweet and fresh touch

The palate is taut and racy

Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Wenzlau Vineyard 2020 050526OFFER with 20 to 25% ofWenzlau sits on a dramatic limestone rich hillside above the Santa Ynez River, and it's one of the sites that convinced the Racines team Burgundy's Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, with Champagne's Rodolphe Peters to put down roots in California at all. The chalky soils here do something specific to Chardonnay: they give it lift and tension rather than weight. Fermented with native yeasts in large French oak puncheons with only a modest fraction