Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Chardonnay 2024 JULY42024 It's bottled at 46%

It's bottled at 46%

with background notes of spice and fresh flowers

Created by Richard Geoffroy—the man who spent nearly three decades as chef de cave at Dom Pérignon—IWA 5 brings Champagne's philosophy of assemblage to Japanese sake

Arnot-Roberts helped write the playbook for the "New California": restrained

Some raisins and sultanas bring a bit of juicy depth

Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Estate "A" Chardonnay 2024 JULY42024 It's bottled at 46%Richard 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