A blend of 75% Vermentino and 25% Grenache Blanc from Fenaughty Vineyard; a high-elevation site (2,800 ft) on volcanic loam soils, located above the gold rush town of Placerville in the Sierra Foothills. The fruit was picked together and whole cluster pressed into tanks for fermentation. Malolactic...

George's Hill is the highest elevation vineyard on the Porter Creek estate. It was planted shortly after the Davis family purchased the property in 1979. The combination of shallow topsoil, very low yields and old vines produce a very mineral driven and textured Chardonnay.

Jean-Pierre Wolff farms 55 acres of Chardonnay vines in the bucolic Edna Valley, outside the town of San Luis Obispo. Originally planted in 1976 by Edna Valley wine pioneer Andy Macgregor (Wolff purchased the property from Macgregor in 1999), the vineyard is the oldest in the Edna Valley. Mount...

Notes from the Winery: Lush, immediately approachable and undeniably delicious, Luke’s Grove is often our Chardonnay ambassador for EK newbies and long timers alike. While we continue to fine-tune it in the vineyards and the cellar, it remains a quintessential Russian River Valley illustration of...

This Chardonnay appellation blend is sourced from two organically farmed vineyards on opposite sides of Anderson Valley. The Valenti Ranch Vineyard sits at 1,250-1,400 ft atop Greenwood Ridge, located six miles from the ocean. Its steep, northeast-facing hillside is set on a cool, sandy slope....

Source: 100% Central Coast Winemaking: 90% fermented in stainless steel tank, 10% barrel fermented Aging: 6 months in neutral oak and stainless steel Alcohol: 13% Tasting Note: Medium-bodied and crisp, with subtle apple, pear and citrus notes. A mineral component comes through in the lively,...

The viticulture at Domaine Eden is approached with the same level of naturalness and sustainability as Mount Eden’s estate vineyards. The soils here, however, are different from the estate’s Franciscan shale so even though Domaine Eden is a mere mile away “as the crow flies”, the wines express more...

60% Arneis, and 40% Pinot Gris from Camino Alto Vineyard in El Dorado County. Sitting at roughly 2,900 ft elevation, the vines at Camino Alto are planted in volcanic clay soils and are farmed organically (uncertified). The fruit was direct-pressed and co-fermented in tank before aging for 10-months...

100% Trousseau Gris from Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard in the Russian River Valley of Sonoma County. The Fanucchi-Wood Road Vineyard is dry-farmed and practicing organic, with the Trousseau Gris block dating to 1981. The fruit was foot crushed and left to macerate on skins for three days before being...

Chardonnay from the organically farmed Hawkeye Ranch Vineyard in the Redwood Valley of Mendocino County. Fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel and neutral oak, and matured for nine months in oak. The wine was transferred to stainless steel to settle for an additional month before bottling.

100% Grenache Blanc from Coteaux de Clair Vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley. This 2-acre site has been farmed organically since being planted in 2011. The grapes were whole-cluster direct pressed to stainless steel tank for fermentation with native yeasts. The wine was matured for 4 months in...

100% Chenin Blanc from the organically farmed Jurassic Park vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley. Planted in 1978, the ungrafted Jurassic Park Vineyard sits at 335m elevation on sandy, well-drained limestone-laden soils.The site exhibits a great deal of vintage variation, with some years leaning...

100% Cortese from Lost Slough – a 300-acre vineyard in the river delta area of Sacramento’s Clarksburg AVA. It is unusually cool for its location and very rich with minerals as the vineyard was once below sea level and still contains many shells in its sandy soil. Whole clusters were foot stomped...