Diatom Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2023
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The 2023 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County) is a total stunner. Bright, aromatic and vibrant, the 2023 is lights-out, brilliantly marrying fruit intensity and energy. Apricot, mint and white flowers abound. This is a stunning wine for the price and for its production of around 40,000 cases. $23.00 (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2024)
The 2023 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County) is a total stunner. Bright, aromatic and vibrant, the 2023 is lights-out, brilliantly marrying fruit intensity and energy. Apricot, mint and white flowers abound. This is a stunning wine for the price and for its production of around 40,000 cases. $23.00 (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, September 2024)
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The 2023 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County) is a total stunner. Bright, aromatic and vibrant, the 2023 is lights-out, brilliantly marrying fruit intensity and energy. Apricot, mint and white flowers abound. This is a stunning wine for the price and for its production of around 40,000 cases. All of this fruit is from Mission Hills in Los Alamos. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2024)
The 2023 Chardonnay (Santa Barbara County) is a total stunner. Bright, aromatic and vibrant, the 2023 is lights-out, brilliantly marrying fruit intensity and energy. Apricot, mint and white flowers abound. This is a stunning wine for the price and for its production of around 40,000 cases. All of this fruit is from Mission Hills in Los Alamos. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, August 2024)
9.4
Cole Wahouske
A sunbeam in a glass — peach, citrus, and a whisper of mango drift over crisp minerality, all tied together with the faintest touch of oak. It’s so balanced and layered I almost feel unworthy of drinking it. This wine carries itself like someone twice its age: wise, graceful, and self-assured, yet still somehow able to charm and energize a teenager, hence why i seem to like it. I give myself another 10 years before i can fully appreciate this.
A sunbeam in a glass — peach, citrus, and a whisper of mango drift over crisp minerality, all tied together with the faintest touch of oak. It’s so balanced and layered I almost feel unworthy of drinking it. This wine carries itself like someone twice its age: wise, graceful, and self-assured, yet still somehow able to charm and energize a teenager, hence why i seem to like it. I give myself another 10 years before i can fully appreciate this.
9.3
Zachary Heller
Green apple, lemon fruit, more tart, mineral driven from the diatomaceous soil (powdery fossils) gives crushed rocks on the palate
Green apple, lemon fruit, more tart, mineral driven from the diatomaceous soil (powdery fossils) gives crushed rocks on the palate
8.7
