Santa Barbara Winery - Chardonnay 2020 (750ml) Marche

Santa Barbara Winery - Chardonnay 2020 (750ml) MarcheOur 2020 Santa Barbara County Chardonnay is from Lafond Vineyard. Different fermentation techniques were also employed to increase complexity. Big fruit, bright acidity and a smooth finish combine to define one of our trademark wines

yet spiked with tongue-piquing acidity

In the mouth the wine is clearly defined by its elegance and fruit intensity

leaving you refreshed and wanting more

it offers notes of black cherry

The 2019 harvest happened about 1-3 weeks earlier than usual

This wine will easily age for the next two decades

with a silky and very balanced texture

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE VINTAGE: hot and arid vintage

before quickly settling into an elegant gait

reminiscent of the great vintages in the 1980s (like 1983 and 1985) that put Willamette Valley on the worldwide Pinot Noir map

a group of plots acquired in 1845 just next to the vines on the Chateau hilltop

but why do not add to it the complexity of your Cabernet or the freshness of your Sangiovese Piccolo