
2023 Alfaro "Trout Gulch Vineyard" Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay
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Jeb Dunnuck
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The vintage’s long, cool growing season is on full display in the 2023 Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vineyard, picked over a week at the end of October. Stainless steel-fermented before being aged nine months in old wood, it combines the grapes from the beginning of the pick and grapes from mid-to-late pick. There’s so much acidity across the board, it’s just outstanding, super-linear, and citrus-heavy, with lasting highlights of lemon peel, grapefruit, and wet stone, light-bodied, complex, and tasting of the sea. Drink now through 2040.
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Wine Advocate
The 2023 Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vineyard was harvested in late October and underwent fermentation in a stainless steel tank, followed by maturation in neutral barrique with complete malolactic fermentation. It is pure, citrus-driven and saline on the nose, introducing an elegantly broad palate with an underlying tensile strength and an electric, soaring finish. It's a vibrant, transparent expression of a stellar vintage.
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JK
Review Date: 04/2026
Email JacksonCoastal California Chardonnay at its finest. This wine is lean and crisp with incredible acidity and notes of grapefruit, lemon zest, and lime on the palate, tied together with salinity that brings to mind how closely these grapes were grown to the ocean. An absolute steal under $30 dollars.
Product Details
Origin: Santa Cruz Mountains, California, United States
Type/Varietal: Chardonnay
Alcohol Content: 13.5%
SKU: #1988441

