Ceritas West Sonoma Coast Chardonnay Marena 2023 CRV10 Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-Champigny

Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-Champigny is one of Saumur's most respected addresses for both Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc

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This Brut Nature—no dosage added—shows chalk

Winemaker Jackson Holstein aged the wine for eleven months on the lees in French oak barrels with fifteen percent new wood

Ceritas West Sonoma Coast Chardonnay Marena 2023 CRV10 Château de Villeneuve in Souzay-ChampignyCeritas makes some of the most pure and precise Chardonnay in Californiacrystalline, mineral, and utterly of its place. In an era when big blockbusters ruled, wines this lean and lifted were once dismissed; today, their nerve and tension feel exactly right. "Marena" comes from the wild West Sonoma Coast, where cold fog and ocean wind keep everything taut. Expect the salinity and cut of Chablis married to the texture only California sun can give. This