Tyler Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2023 NET then add a few drops

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capturing the pure essence of terroir in wines of elegant restraint

an orientation that gives the Chardonnay its mineral lift

and other heritage varieties that had been written off by the industrial wine machine

Tyler Santa Barbara County Chardonnay 2023 NET then add a few dropsJustin Willett's appellation wide Chardonnay is a kind of greatest hits compilation of Santa Barbara's best Chardonnay vineyards fruit from Bien Nacido, Dierberg, La Rinconada, and Sanford & Benedict, each contributing a different signature. He raises it in French oak with very little new wood, and the wine is the polar opposite of buttery, oaky California Chardonnay: pure, taut, and built around acid and minerality. This is the antithesis of creamy,