Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV NET Proof that the old St

Proof that the old St

If it's on the shelf

making it a fantastic warm-weather wine

The Vina Tondonia vineyard sits on the right bank of the Ebro just outside Haro

Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV NET Proof that the old StA Burgundy vigneron and a Champagne grower walked into Santa Barbara and decided to make sparkling wine. Racines is the joint project of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, plus Rodolphe Peters of the great Le Mesnil house Pierre Peters, and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows. It's a blanc de blancs, all Chardonnay, drawn from three of the Sta. Rita Hills' best cool climate sites: Wenzlau, Sanford &