Description
"This is our 40th vintage creating Santa Barbara County Chardonnay. Au Bon Climat has been making balanced, food friendly Chardonnays since 1982. Even in the early 2000s when ripe, oaky Chardonnays were all the rage, Au Bon Climat stuck to a more subtle and refined style, with minerality and intensity. This is another in the long line of high quality, hand crafted, Santa Barbara County Chardonnays from Au Bon Climat. Santa Barbara has the climate and terroir to allow Au Bon Climat to consistently make balanced and lively wines. This wine keeps on evolving from delicious and fresh at release, to a richer more complex wine with age. The 2022 is another beautiful example of the ABC style. The wine is intense, but light on its feet and is built to compliment not over power food. At this young age, this wine would be perfect with shellfish or poultry. It will develop to a richer more complex wine with age for at least another decade." - Winemaker Notes
