Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Sparkling Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vyd 2024 champagne-club naturally-made French wine

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A compelling expression of terroir-driven winemaking from a respected Beaujolais producer

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Fratelli Alessandria's traditional approach (whole-berry fermentation with 25-30 days of maceration) and 25-hectoliter cask aging for three years builds a wine that's refined without sacrificing power

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Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Sparkling Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vyd 2024 champagne-club naturally-made French wineA sparkling Chardonnay from Trout Gulch, the old vineyard near Aptos that Richard Alfaro has farmed for over fifteen years and that supplies some of the Santa Cruz Mountains' most distinctive Chardonnay. Picked early to preserve acidity, the wine has the cool climate cut and green apple snap you want from a sparkler but with a real sense of place. It's a useful house bubbly: dry, salty, and food friendly without the price tag of Champagne.