About this winery
All of Sea Smoke’s grapes come from a rugged, foggy (or “sea smoky”) vineyard in the Santa Rita Hills region of Santa Barbara County. From these grapes, the Sea Smoke team creates two beautiful Pinot Noirs: Southing and Ten as well as Chardonnay and a 100% Pinot Noir méthode champenoise sparkling wine called Sea Spray. The Sea Smoke vineyard is planted with 10 different clones of Pinot Noir as well as Chardonnay spread across 39 hectares, creating many combinations of soil, clone and...
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Product notes
The grapes for this wine come from loamy, well-drained soils on our estate vineyard. Dijon and Wente clones are fermented in stainless steel as well as in French oak foudres and demi-muids. This is an elegant chardonnay with a focused mid-palate and the refreshing cool climate acidity characteristic of Sea Smoke Vineyard.
Production notes
Our estate-grown Chardonnay fruit was picked and
hand-sorted in the vineyard before spending the night in our cold
room. Chilled grapes were softly pressed and the juice was gently
pumped into a stainless steel tank and cold settled. Once the heavy
solids were removed, the juice was racked to a stainless steel fermentor, then inoculated for primary fermentation. Following primary
fermentation, the wine was racked to barrels, inoculated for malolactic fermentation, then periodically stirred to enhance depth and
mouthfeel. The 2019 Sea Smoke Chardonnay was aged for a total
of 10 months prior to bottling with no fining and no filtration.
Tasting notes
An elegant Chardonnay with aromas of Meyer lemon
zest, fresh cut melon and honeycomb. The nose is complemented by
mandarin and a slight nuttiness in the focused mid-palate and the
refreshing cool climate acidity of our estate vineyard.
