Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Chardonnay 2024 CM10 gentle sweetness of well-integrated oak

gentle sweetness of well-integrated oak

31% Cabernet Sauvignon

Marine Descombe (not to be confused with Georges Descombes) is the fourth-generation force behind her family's Brouilly-based domaine

and then matured in former Oloroso Sherry and Bourbon casks

Boudignon works almost exclusively with Chenin Blanc

Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Chardonnay 2024 CM10 gentle sweetness of well-integrated oakRichard Alfaro had a former life as the founder of Alfaro's Micro Bakery before he bought an aging apple farm in Corralitos in 1997 and turned it into one of the Santa Cruz Mountains' most quietly consistent estates. The 'A' Chardonnay is the entry into his estate range and draws from his original Corralitos plantings plus fruit from the famed Trout Gulch Vineyard further west. Just seven months in French oak, only 20% new, so it's about fruit and