2023 Ceritas Trout Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Elio Altare 100% Chardonnay fermented in oak

100% Chardonnay fermented in oak barrels

then covered with crushed grapes and allowed to ferment spontaneously

100% Rossese

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2023 Ceritas Trout Gulch Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA Elio Altare 100% Chardonnay fermented in oakTrout Gulch sits at 750 feet above the hamlet of Aptos in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains. The vineyard was planted in 1980 to Wente Chardonnay and Mt Eden Pinot Noir and is carefully tended to by winemaker vigneron Richard Alfaro. Uplifted oceanic sandy soils create unique drainage sending the vines deep into marine derived sub soils. Tucked into a cool coastal redwood drainage allows temperatures here to stay cooler than expected summertime highs