Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 Wine Seminar PalateThe triple distillation ensures this

PalateThe triple distillation ensures this is a smooth and elegant dram

From the producer: The Michael Mara Vineyard — planted in 2006 by Steve & Jill Klein Matthiasson — is a beautiful Chardonnay site just west of the town of Sonoma

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Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 Wine Seminar PalateThe triple distillation ensures thisA direct answer to anyone who thinks California Chardonnay can't age. Big Basin farms this old vine parcel in the Santa Cruz Mountains, planted back in 1977 on sandy loam over bedrock, just miles from the cold water of Monterey Bay. That maritime chill keeps natural acidity high and the wine taut. Made with a light hand, aged in French oak and then rested in stainless, unfined and unfiltered, it's built on restraint rather than richness. A structured,