Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 bis-hidden The wine is produced using

The wine is produced using sustainable and organic practices

and the 2021 vintage proved outstanding for white Burgundy

Equal parts Carignane

Aged in stainless steel and concrete

20 months in French oak

Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 bis-hidden The wine is produced usingA 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,