Spectator Top 100 wine #18
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Tasted blind at the 10-Year On Tasting in Sauternes. The 2005 Château La Tour Blanche has a complex nose with lemon sherbet, orange sorbet, honey and jasmine all soaring from the glass without a care in the world. The palate is medium-bodied with refined ...
Our Ritchie Vineyard Chardonnay comes from the historic and storied Ritchie Vineyard in the Russian River Valley, originally planted in 1972. A different style than our Bennett Valley Chardonnay, this wine is leaner and full of apple and zest with mouth-watering brightness. Simultaneously, it's rich and creamy as a result of both oak and stainless steel aging. An age-worthy wine that screams for great food.
-Winery notes
Malagousia vines at 620–710 m. Hand-harvested. Skin contact, controlled alcoholic fermentation in stainless-steel tanks with cooling jackets, kept on the lees for two months with regular stirring. Vegan. TA 5.72 g/l, pH 3.42. Open and aromatic: fresh pea...
With Diatom, Winemaker Greg Brewer seeks to capture Chardonnay in its most pure and unadulterated state. Diatom is named for diatomaceous earth, which is a plankton fossil found in the oceanic landscape of Santa Barbara County.
"Diatom is motivated by the pursuit of subtraction and refinement. It is the polishing of a grain of rice until one has reached its ultimate inner core. Our Sta. Rita Hills marine landscape is stark and so are the wines of its provenance. We strive for a recognition of place with as little disturbance, distraction or interference as possible. The resulting wines have a sense of transparency and a purity of intent and purpose." Greg Brewer Winemaker