By now the world must know of my love of a salty Chardonnay. The notes for this wine are all stone fruit and ocean breeze. I feel like I am sailing, salt spray on my face. There is nectarine, apricot, white plum on the nose, and the palate is all lemon and minerality. This wine is stunning, no shock coming from James, after knowing what he does with Chardonnay at Liquid Farm.
The Cienega Valley is a magical area that is host to some of the first and finest plantings in the country, their unique flavors made possible by both the soil and the climate.
This wine was fermented with native yeasts and aged on the lees in neutral French oak puncheon for 16 months. It was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
75 cases produced.
2020 Kings Carey Chardonnay
$38.00
Stolen directly from the Eden Rift Website:
“Located just 20 miles from the Monterey Bay, Eden Rift is the oldest continually producing vineyard in California. Planted in 1849 by Theophile Vache, the 120-acre estate rests on the San Andreas Faultline and is part of the Cienega Valley AVA. The winery is located just two miles from famed Pinot Noir producer Calera, whose founder Josh Jensen sought out the limestone and dolomite-rich soils. Before Josh, early vintners procured some of the first Pinot Noir planting in California at Eden Rift beginning in 1860. Post prohibition, the focus on Pinot Noir & Chardonnay was lost until Christian Pillsbury acquired the estate in 2016. Christian assembled a team of young industry professionals starting with winemaker Cory Waller to once again create some of California’s most vivid energetic Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The extreme terraces and diverse terroir in a single contiguous valley make California’s oldest estate vineyard its most exciting new project.”