Dragonette "Rita's Crown Vineyard" Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills 2021 (Email Sale, Arrives 11/14)

Alcohol: 14.5%

Grape(s): 100% Chardonnay

Location: Rita’s Crown Vineyard, Sta. Rita Hills AVA, Santa Barbara County, California

Tasting Notes: The Dragonette "Rita's Crown Vineyard" Chardonnay opens with soaring, pure aromatics that immediately signal its pedigree. On the palate, it delivers medium-bodied richness with deceptive intensity, showcasing layers of buttered stone fruits, caramelized pineapple, toasted bread, and hazelnuts. The texture is both concentrated and refined, offering outstanding length and finesse that reflect the dramatic vineyard site and meticulous winemaking.

Notes: Limited to just 330 cases

Food pairing: Mushrooms – especially creamy mushroom dishes or risotto. Also pairs well with roasted poultry, lobster, or rich seafood preparations.

Winery Story: Brothers John and Steve Dragonette and close friend Brandon Sparks-Gillis founded Dragonette Cellars in 2005 after having worked together at a renowned wine shop in Los Angeles. Their shared passion for great wine brought them to wild, windy and remote northern Santa Barbara County where they spent the next several years seeking out extraordinary, cool-climate vineyards and dedicating themselves to careful, patient, minimalist winemaking.

As vignerons, they have committed themselves, above all else, to the mindful farming of precise blocks in exceptional vineyards for low yields and high quality and to the shepherding of these grapes into wines of purity, complexity and balance. Given the remarkable climatic and soil diversity in Santa Barbara County, Dragonette Cellars produces small lots of Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc and Syrah of interest and distinction.