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2023 Dusty Nabor "Bentrock Vineyard" Sta Rita Hills Chardonnay

2023 Dusty Nabor "Bentrock Vineyard" Sta Rita Hills Chardonnay

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Review Date: 05/2025

Austere aromas of chiseled marble and yellow grapefruit pith draw the nose deeply into this exhilarating expression of Chardonnay from a soon-to-be-legendary site. That crushed, chalky stone element carries into Asian pear and light spearmint touches on the grippy palate. (MK)

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Review Date: 12/2025
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The very name of this vineyard in the western Sta. Rita Hills is entirely fitting for the wines that this radical terroir expresses. The soils here are made up of huge chunks of flint or chert. This dense, hard rock was created as the diatomaceous parent material was bent, compressed and heated in the earth's crust by the unimaginable forces of the tectonic plates. The hills that skirt the south western edge of the appellation are formed from an uplift of this ancient seabed rock. The wines coming from here have a distinctive liquid rock, stony, salty mineral quality that is captured perfectly in this complex Chardonnay from Dusty Nabor. A young, up and coming winemaker, producing some of the most exciting wines from the region, Dusty's wines are not to be missed by folks of love more savory, mineral driven styles with tension, focus and precision. If you've enjoyed wines from Tyler, Domaine de la Cote, The Hilt, Sandi, and Ojai etc, you have to check these wines out. Really distinctive, compelling wines. And, of course, we have amazing pricing!

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The wines all have a very strong sense of place. The wines have nice fruit, but also embrace some savory aspects of cool-climate viticulture and varieties that can express savory qualities. Winemaking is minimal intervention/natural, but pure and precise. Grapes are sourced from some of the most renowned vineyards throughout the Sta. Rita Hills and neighboring Ballard Canyon. The winery is a true one-man show with Dusty as the sole employee in a small industrial space in Camarillo, CA. All the wines are very small production with almost everything being sold directly to his mailing list and local restaurants. I’m super excited to introduce these wines to our staff and customers as I think they are truly excellent, compelling, complex wines. (Ryan Woodhouse, K&L Domestic Wine Buyer)

Product Details

Origin: Santa Maria/Santa Barbara, California, United States

Type/Varietal: Chardonnay

Alcohol Content: 13%

SKU: #1948783

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