2023 Signal Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay Mendocino Ridge, USA

This three-bottle set of the 2023 release comes in a beautiful, decorative wooden box.
Signal Ridge Vineyard Chardonnay is planted at 2,700 feet elevation on weathered-in-place mountain top soils in the uniquely noncontiguous Mendocino Ridge AVA. California Heritage Chardonnay selections of Old Wente and Mt. Eden are the perfect match to express this unique blend of coastal freshness and mountain concentration.

Our Chardonnay is carefully hand-picked and whole cluster pressed. The pressed juice is placed in neutral French oak barrique for native primary and secondary fermentation. After a year of aging on lees to provide textural richness, the wine is transferred to stainless steel for an additional six months of aging. The reductive environment of stainless steel provides focus and length, adding to the layered complexity of the finished wine.

95 Points, Decanter "The 2023 Signal Ridge Chardonnay is as vibrant as I’ve ever seen it. From the first sniff, you’ll be thinking oysters—the wine opens with a lifted sea-spray note and oyster shell minerality that leaps from the glass. Lemon pith and lime blossom follow through seamlessly to a medium-bodied palate, where the acidity is bracingly saline and linear. Grapefruit zest and crushed Marcona almonds add depth, while a coating of lemon oil lends a silken texture that persists even after the laser-like acidity resolves with mouthwatering tension. Still one of the brightest and most focused expressions of the Mendocino Ridge AVA, this wine owes its clarity and precision to the slice of terroir heaven that is Signal Ridge Vineyard, perched at 835 metres." ~ Jonathan Cristaldi