2023 | Land of Saints Chardonnay | Santa Barbara County Azienda Agricola Barone Cornacchia With the Lecco Edition

With the Lecco Edition

Fresh acidity and ripe red apple flavors give this wine a bright character that contrasts with the more rounded texture and touches of white fruits

Like all Lustau sherries except for the East India

The 2018 Canta la Perdiz feels like a more rustic version of the 2016

extracted fruit and plenty of toasty oak

2023 | Land of Saints Chardonnay | Santa Barbara County Azienda Agricola Barone Cornacchia With the Lecco EditionThe palate is defined by the cool climate tension characteristic of Santa Barbara Chardonnay ripe apple, citrus peel, and stone fruit underpinned by a firm, linear acidity that prevents the wine from drifting toward richness. The lees aging contributes a subtle textural roundness without softening the wine's structural backbone. The finish is clean and moderately long, closing on a flinty mineral note drawn from the sandy, fossilized soils of the two