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| Producer | Arnot Roberts |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 21590 |
| Size | 750ml |
This is the best possible California Chardonnay for the Burgundy lover in your life! The terroir is cool (thanks to the cool, windy site) with classic Burgundian soils of clay and limestone. Best of all, the winemakers are among the leading ligths of Califronia's new wave turn back to the classics of the old world for inspiration.
Here's what the winemakers say about the wine:
"Watson Ranch Vineyard is perched on a steep hillside overlooking the San Pablo Bay at the southernmost end of the Napa Valley. The ranch was named after early Napa attorney, Augustus Watson, who owned the property in the early 1900s. The adjacent property is an abandoned limestone quarry which historically employed over 300 people, mining material to make portland cement used to rebuild San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. Exposed and unprotected from the elements, this wind-whipped site was planted in 1993 by the talented Napa Valley veteran grower Salvador Ramos. Soils at Watson Ranch are composed of calcareous clay over limestone. This soil type is extremely rare on the North Coast but shows itself in a narrow fin at the tail end of the Vaca Mountains in Southern Napa County. This fractured, well-drained calcareous soil, coupled with organic farming and cool windy conditions, imbue this parcel with great potential to produce world-class Chardonnay. The fruit we harvest each year from Watson is consistently textural and vibrant with underpinnings of ample natural acidity and salinity."
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