Chanin - Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard 2022 (750ml)
Price: $60.00
| Producer | Chanin |
| Country | USA |
| Region | California |
| Subregion | Santa Barbara |
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 11297 |
| Size | 750ml |
Chanin Wines is dedicated to sourcing fruit from sites in California’s Santa Barbera County to create wines whose qualities reflect the individual vineyards in which these grapes are grown. There are no bottlings from blended sites at Chanin. The focus is on Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, which are very well suited to the cooler climate and diverse marine soils and long growing season that the region affords.
The wines are made by Gavin Chanin, whose father Tony had been involved in the establishment of the Zaca Mesa Winery in the Santa Ynez Valley in 1978. Gavin began as a harvest intern aged 18 at Au Bon Climat and Qupe under the guidance of Jim Clendenen and Bob Lindquist, both of whom had also been founders of Zaca Mesa. After periods in South Africa and New Zealand, and extensive travels to the vineyards of France and Italy, Gavin launched Chanin Wines in 2007. The wines are made in the same facility as Au Bon Climat and Qupe where Gavin continued to work as assistant winemaker after 2009.
A key at Chanin is to source completely heathy fruit, ideally from low yielding old vines. The fruit is typically picked quite early to preserve acidy and freshness. The fruit quality and age of the vines allows for making wines that avoid excessive alcohol and make unnecessary any additives – such as commercial yeasts or enzymes - that would compromise the faithful expression of the vineyard’s characteristics. To this end the wines are not filtered.
Gavin graduated from UCLA in 2009 as an award-winning art student. On each label you will find a piece of his artwork.
Jeb Dunnuck: 95 Points
Stone fruits toasted nuts flower oil and exotic spice notes all emerge from the 2022 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard another gorgeous Chardonnay from this estate. Playing in the medium-bodied end of the spectrum it's beautifully balanced has a pure focused mouthfeel integrated acidity and an undeniable sense of minerality. This is such a great site and while this wine has the slightly more rounded charming style the vintage it still exhibits that classy focused style of the vineyard beautifully.
jdWine Advocate: 95 Points
The most complete white wine in the range the 2022 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard perfectly captures the nuanced understated grace of this historic site. Aromas of kumquat citrus oil yellow orchard fruits and lilies introduce a ripe yet refined palate that is beautifully focused and delineated with a lifted spine of acidity. It finishes with a layered gastronomic decadence that unfolds with impressive length and intensifies with aeration. Perennially one of the best expressions of this site this should continue to age beautifully well past its 10th birthday. Gavin Chanin entered the wine world through an eight-year stint at Au Bon Climat quickly becoming protégé of the late Jim Clendenen. Chanin founded his namesake label in 2007 an era that allowed him to secure contracts for old-vine plantings from some of the region's most historic vineyards while newly established sites were more in vogue. Much of the straightforward practicality learned from Clendenen is employed in the cellar: the Chardonnays are whole-cluster pressed barrel fermented and aged on lees for 14 months then racked and returned to barrel for another four months before bottling. Heavy-toast François Frères barrels are the norm?favoring the Bertranges forest for Chardonnay and Vosges for Pinot Noir?and range from 10% to 50% new. Pinot Noir generally includes 30% to 50% whole clusters with slightly higher percentages of new wood. Across the spectrum the wines continually balance supple generosity with focus and refinement delivered through a deceptively slender frame despite their richly flavored nature. Published: Oct 10 2024
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