Melville Sta. Rita Hills Estate Chardonnay 2024 070226CRISP this 100% Listán Negro sparkling

this 100% Listán Negro sparkling wine emerges pale salmon after 15 months aging sur lie using méthode champenoise

and the breezy Mokelumne River bottoms in Lodi

Red C is the approachable everyday sibling to founder Jeff Morgan's flagship kosher Cabernet—same serious winemaking

careful reductive handling keeps it fresh

The result is a touch more rustic than her Fleuries but still unmistakably hers: aromatic

Melville Sta. Rita Hills Estate Chardonnay 2024 070226CRISP this 100% Listán Negro sparklingMelville is one of the standard bearers of the Sta. Rita Hills, a 100% estate, organically farmed operation in the coolest, foggiest corner of Santa Barbara County. The Melville family planted everything themselves and bet entirely on cool climate grapes, and their Estate Chardonnay is a textbook expression of why this place works so well for the variety. Crisp ocean breezes and well drained soils give a white with real cut and energy, all citrus and