Alma de Cattleya 2023 Chardonnay, Sonoma County

Winemaker Bibiana Gonzalez Rave has been making wine for almost 30 years. And though she has made wine in France, and South Africa, it is Sonoma that she calls home. The cool growing sites she harvests from provide the structure for this Chardonnay. You’ll find soft resin, guava, white peach, apricot, light caramel, delicate lemon-lime kefir and muted honeysuckle. All the flavors blend harmoniously together to create a soft wine that is an ideal food companion because it doesn’t aggressively take over anything on the table. The aging of the wine was just nine months in neutral French oak so the acidity and flavors shine through, while still offering a distinctively classic example of Sonoma County Chardonnay. ORIGIN. Sonoma County. ALCOHOL: 14%

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Alma de Cattleya 2022 Chardonnay

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2022

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$28.00USD

Sonoma County is often overlooked in favor of Napa, but Alma de Cattleya wines, all from within Sonoma’s borders, is something of a love letter to what Sonoma can produce. Winemaker Bibiana Gonzales Rave has created wines that support and showcase Sonoma using various vineyard sites throughout the county. Her 2022 Chardonnay is a great example. Chardonnay pulled from cooler sites offers green apple, lemon-lime, resin, light, peach and pear, quince, apricot honeysuckle, and a whisper of honey. There is light acidity, but a beautiful balance and texture.

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Migration 2021 Sonoma Coast Chardonnay

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2021

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$44.00USD

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