2023 Puerta del Mar Chardonnay
The vineyard-designated wines represent the distinct voices of Radian, Bentrock, and Puerta del Mar. They are singular, incredibly specific, focused expressions of each parcel of land. They express the very essence and nature of where the grapes are grown at our estate only a few miles from the cold Pacific Ocean. Bentrock is our vineyard of long, rolling hills and parcels that are protected from the rough maritime winds. Soils are poor and the temperature changes quickly from cold to warm. The wines are complex and opulent. Radian is our breathtaking high-altitude vineyard where whipping winds and diatomaceous earth-based soils predominate. The yields are tiny offering intensely concentrated and laser-focused wines. Puerta del Mar is the home of our winery and the westernmost point of our estate. A wild and windy vineyard that offers us wines with complexity and charm. These are ultimate wines of terroir.
Chamomile, peach and brioche. All things baked with a bit of sweet cream. Christmas spice and mineral. Loquat and salted lemon peel. Expansive and suave. Moves like silk across the palate. Cinnamon and almond flour. Long and focused. Pear and yuzu on the attack followed by lovely note of golden cherries. The finish pushes with salinity and minerality and lingers with mandarin and a touch of gentle structure. As cool as the breeze that blows over this little vineyard at the far western edge of the valley.
Matt Dees, Winemaker
Matt Dees, Winemaker
Varietal:
Chardonnay
Vineyard:
Puerta del Mar Vineyard
Ageing:
11 months in 33% new French oak barrels and 67% used French oak barrels.
Alcohol:
13
Case Production:
94
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