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Au Bon Climat
2020

Au Bon Climat ‘Nuits Blanches’ Chardonnay

Chardonnay
California Santa Maria Valley United States North America
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A rich, luxurious Chardonnay with fruit notes of pear, nectarine, and lemon confit accompanied by chalky minerality and toasted spice. Brought up in new Francois Freres French oak barrels, it is medium-bodied, balanced, with a great mid-palate as well as impressive length.

Chardonnay grape blend.
This wine contains allergens, sulfites.
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The Estate

The fruit from the Los Alamos Valley region is distinctive, but without an official AVA the wines are labled Santa Barbara County.  The Los Alamos Vineyard is roughly 500 planted acres, most of which is on flat bottomland of the Los Alamos Valley that is sandwiched between the warmer Santa Ynez Valley and cooler Santa Maria Valley appellations.

Wine Making

The Chardonnay was hand harvested, whole cluster pressed, and put into new François Frères French oak barrels for 18 months, as we do with our “reserve quality” wines.

Food Suggestions

Pairs well with cuisine with an Asian influence, with its herbs, spices and at times richness is a perfect pairing with his Chardonnay. But we also like it with seared scallops and lobster.

• Available Size: 750mL (6 pc)
• Type: Wines
• Sub-type: Wines
• Class: White
• ABV%: 13.5

Wine & Spirits – 92

"From an exceedingly cool vineyard site, this chardonnay is all structure at present, brooding and turned in on itself, driven by floating lees and linear oak, beneath which modest fruit and a teeming citrusy acidity roils. It’s the movement in the wine, independent of unresolved flavors, that assures me of the wine’s potential."

Vinous – 92

"The 2019 Chardonnay Los Alamos Vineyard Santa Barbara Historic Vineyards Collection is laced with apricot, tangerine oil, mint, butter, tropical fruit and a kiss of new French oak. This is an especially rich, almost opulent wine for Los Alamos, but it all works so well. Bright citrus and saline notes add focus to the creamy, textured finish."

Wine Enthusiast – 92

"A golden hue in the glass, this bottling hits the nose with buttered hazelnut, warm wood and baked orange aromas. A nutty, toasted almond flavor surrounds the palate, with hits of lemon curd and citrus-glazed brioche throughout."
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