Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Seth Morgen Long started making

Seth Morgen Long started making wine in 2014 with a singular vision: site-sensitive Chardonnay from the Willamette Valley's finest vineyards

fog-filled bowl of Coombsville

previously used to age the Madeira of the most prestigious wineries

single-parcel bottlings

It's 50% direct press chardonnay blended with 50% skin contact chardonnay

Chateau Haut-Vigneau Pessac Leognan Blanc 2022 SF Chronicle - Past Pick Seth Morgen Long started makingHaut Vigneau is a smaller Pessac Leognan property created in the late 1980s and managed by Eric Perrin, who also runs the better known Carbonnieux. It's a value tier white in an appellation where dry whites can climb fast in price. The 2022 blanc is barrel aged Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon fresh and zippy on the attack, with a honeyed weight on the mid palate that hints at the oak. A good introduction to white Pessac without the First Growth price tag.