Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose According to legend

According to legend

with grip on the finish that only vineyards like this deliver

the orchards turn white with blossoms

and loamy soil aromas lead to a medium to full-bodied

sour and sweet liqueur

Racines Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2020 Wine Bar | Orange and Rose According to legendThese are the oldest Chardonnay vines in the Sta. Rita Hills, planted at Sanford & Benedict in 1971, back when the idea of great California Chardonnay this far south was borderline eccentric. Racines the Burgundian team of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve farms a parcel of that original planting on a gently north facing slope of thin shale and chert soils. The winemaking is deliberately restrained: fermentation across puncheons, barrels and