Chardonnay

2023 Estero Chardonnay
$48.00
Aroma:
lemon bar, loquat, crushed chalk
Flavor:
white tea, Meyer lemon, cheese rind
Pairings:
brown butter scallops, lemon risotto, potato gratin

In 2022, a much tougher vintage, we declassified barrels of all of our single vineyard Chardonnays into Estero. The decision wrecked the COGS on the wine, but resulted in one of our favorite versions of this wine in some time. Maybe since 2015? In 2023, which was a near-perfect vintage with no heat, fires, or drama of any kind and October harvest dates (like we used to see in the 1990s), we decided to repeat the approach. So this Estero got a pedigree bump. It's 57% Burnside (borders Littorai) + 19% Piner + 10% Tidal Break + 8% Skycrest + 6% Casa Seca. And it's 100% delicious. We've also been over-vintaging this wine for the past few vintages, so it gets the long elevage and the complexity and Burgo redux that comes with it. The 3.3 pH means your mouth's gonna water.