The 2018 Sanford & Benedict bottling of chardonnay from Sandhi was also raised in twenty percent new oak puncheons for a year, with six more months of finishing time in tank prior to bottling. These are the oldest...
The 2018 Sanford & Benedict bottling of chardonnay from Sandhi was also raised in twenty percent new oak puncheons for a year, with six more months of finishing time in tank prior to bottling. These are the oldest chardonnay vines planted in the Central Coast, as they went into the ground all the way back in 1971, on franc de pied. The wine delivers a lovely nose of pear, pineapple, a soupçon of iodine, salty soil tones, a discreet framing of buttery oak and a lovely topnote of citrus blossoms. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very elegant in profile, with a lovely core, fine mineral drive and grip, zesty acids and a long, primary and very promising finish. This is still a puppy and will demand some time in the cellar to unfold and show all of its complexity, but it is so nicely balanced out of the blocks that it will be all too easy to drink before it really blossoms. Try to give it some time!