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Sandhi Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills 2023

Sandhi Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills 2023

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Green Apple Hazelnut Lemon Mineral White Flowers

Cracked Dungeness crab on newspaper, lemon wedges at the ready. Pour this alongside, cold from the fridge — flint, lemon oil, sea spray.

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THE STORY

About this wine

100% Chardonnay, flinty and mineral-led, from the Sta. Rita Hills — lemon oil, green apple, hazelnut, white flowers, a palate that runs tense and saline, bright acidity, 13.1% alcohol. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, spent ten months in 500-liter puncheons and barrels, then seven more in stainless steel.

Sandhi’s 2023 Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay is a regional appellation bottling made from fruit associated with the Domaine de la Côte estate in the Sta. Rita Hills AVA. It was fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for 10 months in 500L puncheons/barrels, followed by 7 months in stainless-steel tanks. The producer’s approach emphasizes site expression, freshness, minerality, and restraint.

Worth knowing

All told, the 2023 release comes to 4,249 cases. The vines sit in seabed soils with chilled Pacific winds moving over them, and that pairing is what shapes the wine's saline, mineral character.

Blend

  • Chardonnay 100%

CHARACTERISTICS AND TASTING TIPS OF THE Sandhi Chardonnay Santa Rita Hills 2023

Tasting

Color: White in the glass.
Nose: Flint and mineral lead, with lemon oil, green apple, and tree fruit right behind. White flowers and ginger lift it from there, with sea spray underneath and a hazelnut note arriving late.
Palate: Tightly wound, tensile, restrained in its flesh. Lively acidity and savory saline minerality keep it moving, tree fruit and ginger carrying into a precise, marine-influenced finish that lingers.

Pairs Beautifully With

A must try with oysters and raw shellfish
A must try with grilled white fish with lemon and olive oil
A must try with roast chicken with savory pan juices

SEE DETAILS

Vineyards in California, United States
USA, CALIFORNIA
Country
USA
Region
California
Color
White
Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
Alcohol
13.1
STOCK
Available