Au Bon Climat Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 75cl Savoury notesDescription his barrel fermented Santa Barbara County Chardonnay comes from four vineyard sites: Bien Nacido, Sierra Madre, Los Alamos and Rancho Vinedo. The vines are on average over 25 years old. All the Chardonnay is carefully handpicked and sorted in the vineyard. After harvesting, the grapes are whole cluster pressed, and juice is quickly settled and chilled to begin barrel fermentation. The wine is dry and completed malo lactic fermentation
but well balanced by the perfect tannic qualities and the wood for aging
10 months ageing "sur lie" with stirring of the lees for added creamy complexity
mainly from the town Villalibre de la Jurisdicción
Description One of the first families of Mendocino wine
It changed the wine scene forever and kickstarted Californian exports
superb balance with refined tannins and a long
It is matured mainly in stainless steel tanks with about 15% of the volume aged in French and American oak barrels
The estate remained reasonably small until 2003 when Pierre purchased more land increasing their holdings to 11
The grapes are sorted in the vineyard and partially stemmed
Its recipe is a trade secret
bruschetta with olive tapenade
Food match It’s lovely with steak tartare
