Radio-Coteau Sonoma Coast Chardonnay Sea Bed 2021 SPRHONE 2018 in Pessac-Léognan was a

2018 in Pessac-Léognan was a powerful

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Mount Eden bleeds off juice from their estate Pinot Noir vines — the same vineyard planted in 1945 with budwood traced to Burgundy — and ferments it dry

Secondary fermentation and further aging on the lees for 30 months

Champ Viole is one of Pierre Gerbais's most personal cuvées

Radio-Coteau Sonoma Coast Chardonnay Sea Bed 2021 SPRHONE 2018 in Pessac-Léognan was aCool climate California Chardonnay made with serious restraint. Radio Coteau's Eric Sussman farms organically along the fog swept Sonoma Coast, and 'Sea Bed' takes its name from the marine sediment soils that give this wine its tension and salinity. Native yeast fermented and barrel aged with a light hand, it sidesteps the buttery, oaky California cliche in favor of energy, minerality and precision think Chablis leaning rather than Napa rich. From one