RouteStock
Chardonnay, Sonoma Coast
Since we started producing this wine for the RouteStock portfolio, we have had two consistent vineyard sources: one in the Petaluma Gap AVA and one located 1.5 miles from the coast. With the 2021 vintage, we are delighted to begin including our new estate vineyard, located in the Sebastopol Hills region of Russian River Valley, into the blend. Our estate vineyard makes up approximately 40% of the final blend and the other two sources make up the balance.
Vintage Factsheets
2023 marks our third vintage of chardonnay sourced from the Sonoma Coast and our three vineyard sources remain the same, including our estate Moon Dust Vineyard in the Sebastopol Hills area of the southwest part of Sonoma Coast that has four acres of 28-year-old chardonnay vines with two clones (95 and 17/Robert Young). Our estate vineyard is augmented with two of our dedicated grape growers, one in the southeast part of the Sonoma Coast and the other in the far northwest section.
- Region
- California: Sonoma Coast
- Appellation
- Sonoma Coast
- Varietal Composition
- Chardonnay
- Aging
- 7 months in 100% French oak; 92% neutral and 8% new.
- Alcohol
- 14.05%
The wine has a brilliant straw color with seductive aromas of wild thyme, fresh oregano, Meyer lemon and seckel pear. The flavors are sharply focused, bright yet expansive with an amazing balance of lemon, pear, fresh herbs and a slight kiss of very pretty French oak that dance together to create a mesmerizingly complex wine that balances on the razors edge between lean/crisp and opulent/effusive. The long lingering finish brings you back for another sip, another glass, another bottle!
Wine Enthusiast
91 Points
2022
“Dense, ripe fruit flavors pack a big punch in this full-bodied, generous and complex wine. Toasted oak meets vivid lemon, pear and apple notes braced by tangy acidity that keeps it refreshing. Great both before and with dinner.”
— Jim Gordon, 2023
