Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Wenzlau Vineyard 2020 070226ROBUST 54 months of aging on

54 months of aging on the lees the wine is disgorged

solid tannin structure

From the producer: intense garnet-red color

using primarily foraged fruit

From the producer: Made from Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo

Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Wenzlau Vineyard 2020 070226ROBUST 54 months of aging onWenzlau sits on a dramatic limestone rich hillside above the Santa Ynez River, and it's one of the sites that convinced the Racines team Burgundy's Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, with Champagne's Rodolphe Peters to put down roots in California at all. The chalky soils here do something specific to Chardonnay: they give it lift and tension rather than weight. Fermented with native yeasts in large French oak puncheons with only a modest fraction