Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV CS20230731 sherry butts

sherry butts

Praedium Ensamble de 7 is a Special Edition bottle

The current release spans six different vintages

Slight botrytis influence on a rounder

Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV CS20230731 sherry buttsA Burgundy vigneron and a Champagne grower walked into Santa Barbara and decided to make sparkling wine. Racines is the joint project of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, plus Rodolphe Peters of the great Le Mesnil house Pierre Peters, and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows. It's a blanc de blancs, all Chardonnay, drawn from three of the Sta. Rita Hills' best cool climate sites: Wenzlau, Sanford &