Santa Barbara County

Medium

Cork

White

Riveting aromas of candied ginger, green papaya, lemon meringue, apricot cream, and a panoply of baking spices are redolent with cardamom and coriander. This is a Chardonnay that defies gravity. It is densely concentrated and simultaneously featherweight. It possesses such a remarkable depth of flavours that are so enticing that one cannot help but be edged on, sip after sip, until the bottle is plainly and speedily gone. Spicy ginger-scented quince and chamomile notes mark this extravagant wine, harbouring tea-like tannins that grip the tongue and resolve through a beautifully saline and bright acid finish. This is a dazzling wine. The Rita's Crown Vineyard is certified organic. Vines rooted in very steep, high-elevation hillsides of sandy loam, with some botella clay loam diatomaceous earth. Native yeast, barrel-fermented and aged on the lees with no stirring over 18 months in 228L and 350L French oak, of which 43% is new.

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Dragonette, Rita's Crown Vineyard Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County, Santa Rita Hills, California, USA, 2021

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Riveting aromas of candied ginger, green papaya, lemon meringue, apricot cream, and a panoply of baking spices are redolent with

Dragonette, Rita's Crown Vineyard Chardonnay, Sta Rita Hills, Santa Barbara County, California, USA 2021

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