Winemaker Notes
This is Dunning's classic white produced in the Burgundian style with full barrel fermentation and sur-lees aged. The wine is ripe and creamy with layers of pear, citrus, nutmeg and mineral flavors finishing with a nice touch of toasty French oak. The wine is well balanced between fruit, oak and acidity and has a long generous finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Growing on high elevation bedrock slopes, the vineyards of Paso Robles Willow Creek AVA sit at between 960 and 1,900 feet in elevation.
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