Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV NET and ginger peel giving way

and ginger peel giving way to a precise

and a touch of honeyed spice

The Vina Tondonia vineyard sits on the right bank of the Ebro just outside Haro

historical name by which Avize was known prior to 796 CE

making it a fantastic warm-weather wine

Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV NET and ginger peel giving wayA Burgundy vigneron and a Champagne grower walked into Santa Barbara and decided to make sparkling wine. Racines is the joint project of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, plus Rodolphe Peters of the great Le Mesnil house Pierre Peters, and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows. It's a blanc de blancs, all Chardonnay, drawn from three of the Sta. Rita Hills' best cool climate sites: Wenzlau, Sanford &