Au Bon Climat

$14.00375ml

Serve a ripe, yet solidly balanced Chardonnay with richly sauced dishes.

Pair with lobster ravioli in a creamy parmesan-tomato sauce

veal scallopini with lemon and capers

or skate in brown butter.

Eyes:

Straw Yellow

Nose:

Medium-High Intensity, developing, citrus fruits, stone fruits, vanilla

Mouth:

Medium-Full Bodied, dry, medium acidity, moderate-high intensity, medium-long finish, lemon, pear, pineapple

Pre-law in the mid-70's, a year abroad in Burgundy shifted the career focus for Jim Clendenen, the mind behind Au Bon Climat and one of the leading winemakers in not only the Santa Barbara style, but in the cutely-named, Cal-Itals, and this, his opulent, benchmark, well-defined, complex yet accessible, Old World-styled, whole cluster pressed, barrel-fermented Chardonnay with extended lees aging. Whew!