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then three months on the lees before bottling unfined
the berries are macerated in pure grain alcohol for at least three months
It adheres to their later pick and ripe philosophy
Pure Champagne architecture from a sommelier-turned-winemaker dedicated to organic farming
Tyler Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2023 bis-hidden the highest-altitude village in theJustin Willett's appellation wide Chardonnay is a kind of greatest hits compilation of Santa Barbara's best Chardonnay vineyards fruit from Bien Nacido, Dierberg, La Rinconada, and Sanford & Benedict, each contributing a different signature. He raises it in French oak with very little new wood, and the wine is the polar opposite of buttery, oaky California Chardonnay: pure, taut, and built around acid and minerality. This is the antithesis of creamy,