Lot 30 2024 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay  

Lot 30 is sourced from one of Sonoma counties finest "Burgundian" Pinot Noir and Chardonnay producers with a colossal array of single-vineyard designate wines as well as a couple of Sonoma Coast "workhorse" $40-$50 retail bottlings, which are the base upon which this blend was built. The entire wine is from the same producer but is comprised of the 60% base blend of Sonoma Coast Chardonnay (predominately Petaluma Gap and Russian River Valley) blended with 25% Russian River Valley Chardonnay and 15% Green Valley of the RRV Chardonnay from their $60-$70 single-vineyard offerings.

Funny story, after we did all this work to finalize the blend, the producer came back and said they decided to keep all the wines. However, I managed to tie this to another deal they were a bit more motivated on and managed to pull out about 40% of the what we were hoping for...about 200 cases (the wine bottles at the end of August).

All of the wines are  produced with indigenous yeast, 100% whole cluster pressed and barrel-fermented in about 40% new French oak. This is spare-no-expense, world-class winemaking all the way.

And it is an absolute steal at $129 per case DELIVERED!

California sunshine conspires with Burgundian minerality in this zesty, vibrant, broadly appealing Chardonnay. Bouquet opens with citrus and honeysuckle blossom, lemon curd, beeswax/honeycomb, creme brulee and kiss of toasty oak. With air, a full panoply of stone fruit - white peach, nectarine - joins the fray with graham cracker and toasted vanilla. Juicy and zesty on the palate with a lovely creamsicle note over chalky acidity on the midpalate finishing with notes of apple skin, grilled lemon and scintillating lemon verbena retronasals. This gorgeous Chardonnay combines perfectly ripe fruit over mouthwatering, chalky acidity with beautiful oak integration. 

100% Sonoma Coast, 100% Chardonnay (the final blend ends up being about 55% Petaluma Gap, 35% RRV and 15% Green Valley of the RRV)
100% Barrel-fermented, 40% new French oak
13.5% alc.
Bottling August 25th