Cambria Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley Katherine's Vineyard 2023 (750ml) Core

Cambria Chardonnay Santa Maria Valley Katherine's Vineyard 2023 (750ml) CoreEach vintage, Katherines Vineyard Chardonnay is a single vineyard expression that captures our estates refrigerated sunshine aka Santa Maria Valley's ocean influence, warm sun, and cool breeze. This layered, elegant, and distinct wine is crafted exclusively from the fog swept vines of Katherines Vineyard, named after our proprietor Katie Jackson in 1986, and planted within ancient soils consisting of fossilized seashells, shale, limestone and sand.

Lasting fruit and freshness finish

The nose is nuanced with toasty oak imparting a subtle smoked meat character

with the Chardonnay vineyards

A ripe and masculine Cabernet Sauvignon

grapefruit and saline mineral notes

(Sep 2006)"93 points Decanter: "A rustic but classic gran reserva that is graceful and perfumed with a lovely animal thread running through

Readers should be prepared to cellar this for another handful of years

one of the oldest vineyards in the Santa Maria Valley

Blend: 96% Chardonnay

more red fruits than black here

lychee and pear

Raised all in 500- and 600-liter barrels (all used)