2021 Ridge Vineyards Estate Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Villa Bucci 20% Sangiovese

20% Sangiovese

The botanicals are macerated in aguardiente – produced in a 130 year-old copper pot still – and blended into a neutral Airén wine base

) Aged for four months in 2/3 stainless steel and 1/3 in used French oak barrels

Quintessentially Chambolle

Winemaking: 40% blend of reserve wines

2021 Ridge Vineyards Estate Chardonnay, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Villa Bucci 20% SangioveseGrapes: Average Brix 23. 8 TA: 6. 46 g L pH: 3. 48 Fermentation: Grapes are whole cluster pressed and barrel fermented. Natural primary and natural secondary (malolactic) fermentations. Selection: Ten of twelve Estate Chardonnay parcels Barrels: 87% air dried American oak, 13% French oak (37% one year old, 8% two years old, 9% three years old, 13% four years old and 18% five years old). 30% stainless steel tank. Aging: Fourteen months in barrel Hand