Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 TAGS and a quiet thrum of

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An incredible value

Made of mostly high elevation Cabernet Franc

Fermentation runs on native yeasts for weeks

Big Basin Vineyards Santa Cruz Chardonnay Howard Family Vineyard 2019 TAGS and a quiet thrum ofA 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,