Santa Maria Valley Chardonnay typically shows lemon, pineapple, baked apple, vanilla, and toasted oak with medium-to-full body and balanced acidity from the AVA's cool maritime influence. The 2019 California vintage was excellent.
- Varietal
- Chardonnay
- Region
- USA / California / Santa Barbara County / Santa Maria Valley
- Body
- Medium to Full
- Style
- dry white, oak-aged
The producer
Rancho Viñedo is a small Santa Maria Valley producer. Specific founding history and details on the Donna Martina bottling are not deeply known to me.
What critics say
Not known
Pairing
Grilled lobster, butter-poached chicken, creamy pasta