crisper aromatic expression with lower alcohol potential
it’s the kind of wine that doesn’t need an occasion—just a corkscrew and good company
though historically white Chinon was among the world's most sought wines when Dutch and English merchants developed the market
Originally a monastery property in the 1700s
farming his family's plots organically and biodynamically
Arnot-Roberts, Chardonnay Trout Gulch Santa Cruz Mountains, 2024 MSK_Champagne_Fall_2021 crisper aromatic expression with lowerTrout Gulch is the kind of vineyard you have to seek out tucked into a dark, forested coastal canyon above the village of Aptos, four miles from the Pacific, planted to the heritage old Wente Chardonnay clone in 1980. It is, simply, one of the cooler and slower ripening sites in California, with harvests stretching into mid October. Arnot Roberts Duncan Arnot Meyers and Nathan Lee Roberts, working sustainably from Healdsburg since 2001 handle it the