Santa Barbara County Chardonnay

Match with roasted turbot, pumpkin ravioli, or butternut squash risotto.

The fruit for this bottling comes from their sites in the Sta. Rita Hills, Santa Maria and Santa Ynez appellations. The average age of most of the vines is over 30 years old from specific parcels of Wente selection that we are lucky to access.

The wine was aged for 10 months in barrel and finally racked to stainless steel tanks and bottled with a light fining.

The wine was fermented in used older French oak barrels with ambient yeast and without any other additions (except a little SO2).

Sandhi is a small production California winery focusing on select vineyards from the Sta. Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County. Sandhi was founded in 2010 by Rajat Parr, the wine director for Michael Mina Restaurants, and winemaker, Sashi Moorman. Sandhi represents a union essential to the production of wine: the collaboration between man, earth, and vine. The willing participation of all three elements is necessary to make great wine, and the winegrower must make this collaboration rich and nourishing for all involved. An understanding of these joint efforts informs Sandhi’s exploration of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines throughout the Santa Barbara County terroir.