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This wine bursts with baked apple pie, dried apricot and baked pastry crust, woven together with caramel, cardamom, cinnamon, white nectarine, white flowers, white tea, Meyer lemon zest and crème fraîche. Acidity intertwines throughout; the finish is bone dry. Pair with veal saltimbocca or cassoulet.
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.
Mitigated by mild Sacramento River Delta breezes, the Dunnigan Hills appellation is in the northwest portion of Yolo County and has a Mediterranean climate.