2023 | Ridge Estate Chardonnay | Santa Cruz Mountains Chappellet Winery earth and a hint of

earth and a hint of violet

quite firm finish

No added sulfur and aged 10 months in used oak

With its tannins still well at the fore

2023 | Ridge Estate Chardonnay | Santa Cruz Mountains Chappellet Winery earth and a hint ofThe 2023 Chardonnay Estate is a unicorn wine, with the acids naturally occurring with ease in this cool, long, extended growing season that the wine world is rightfully excited about, producing wines of tremendous elegance and balance, sourced entirely from Monte Bello Estate. The minerality is off the charts, exuberantly defining the wine after a barrel fermentation of nine months on the lees in 85% American and 15% French oak, 15% of it new.