Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 bis-hidden Equal parts Carignane

Equal parts Carignane

20 months in French oak

and the 2021 vintage proved outstanding for white Burgundy

the full Cote de Nuits resume - which makes a white from Marsannay a bit of a curiosity

Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 bis-hidden Equal parts CarignaneA direct answer to anyone who thinks California Chardonnay can't age. Big Basin farms this old vine parcel in the Santa Cruz Mountains, planted back in 1977 on sandy loam over bedrock, just miles from the cold water of Monterey Bay. That maritime chill keeps natural acidity high and the wine taut. Made with a light hand, aged in French oak and then rested in stainless, unfined and unfiltered, it's built on restraint rather than richness. A structured,