Talley "Rosemary's Vineyard" Chardonnay, Arroyo Grande
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Talley "Rosemary's Vineyard" Chardonnay, Arroyo Grande - 2018

750 mL
Item # 61015

Burgundian-style Chardonnay from southern California. The family started a farming tradition by growing vegetables in 1948 and eventually founded a winery in 1986. A great nose and flavors of lemon oil, custard, and orange blossom with a racy minerality.
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Color
White
Vintage
2018
Country
USA
Region
California
Sub-Region
San Luis Obispo
Producer
Talley
Grape Variety
Chardonnay
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Staff Pick Notes

Not the big, fat butterball many of you are expecting, and not pretentiously trying to make Burgundy in California, either. Rather, here you have a wine that wishes to sing the virtues of California and its beautiful terroir with out over- or under- "coaching" the wine. There is a bit of creaminess, but appropriately so, a bit of tropical fruit (this is Chardonnay, after all), and there is a bright, focused acidity and minerality that make food paring easy and another sip irresistible.

- OW

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...

Read more about Chardonnay

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