Presqu'ile Winery, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County - 2021

Name: Presqu'ile Winery, Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County
Brand: Presqu'ile Winery
SKU: 42776
Price: 24.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 42776 750mL

An elegant, balanced Chardonnay with fine minerality, salinity and citrus flavors. The fruit comes from the Santa Maria Valley, a true cool-climate viticultural region boasting one of the longest winegrowing seasons in California.

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Color

White

Vintage

2021

Country

USA

Region

California

Sub-Region

Santa Barbara

Producer

Presqu'ile Winery

Grape Variety

Chardonnay

Production Methods

Organic

Certified Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard. Certified in the country of origin.

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Staff Pick Notes

Calling a California wine Burgundian in style is to wade into treacherous waters. There is only one Burgundy, after all. But when Dieter Cronje began as winemaker for Presqu'ile, his inspiration was indeed the Côte-d'Or (Dom Dujac to be precise). In California, the sun is awfully hard to avoid, but Santa Maria Valley runs perpendicular to the Pacific, resulting in a cool climate from the fog that rolls in off the ocean.The result is a wine that's bright and fresh, with medium weight and notes of lemon curd, wet stone, and a hint of oak from spending 11 months in barrel (25% neutral French barriques /75% Austrian casks). It may have California roots, but the nod toward France is unmistakable.

- ALM

Glossary

California

California makes more wine than any other state in the United States. Not only does the state grow a variety of noble grape varieties like Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, there are also plantings of lesser-known varieties such as Nebbiolo, Roussanne and Mourvèdre to name just a few.

Chardonnay

From Champagne to Chablis, it's hard (not to mention unpleasant) to avoid this famous white variety. During a huge popularity surge beginning in the late 1980s, Chardonnay plantings have increased dramatically -- not only in California's wine country, with which the variety is nearly synonymous, but also in Burgundy (its original, Old World home) and just about everywhere else in the winemaking world. It is a flexible, eager-to-please grape, responding well to just about anything a winemaker...