6 bottles Oceano Chardonnay 2016, San Luis Obispo County. A chardonnay with ample fruit character sublime texture and racy acidity. Fermented and aged for 10 months in French oak barrels, only 15% malolactic fermentation.

This wine speaks to the unique microclimate of SIP Certified Spanish Springs vineyard. Perched on the slopes of Price Canyon, a mere one-and-a-half miles from the ocean, the vineyard is ideally situated so it can be enrobed by the cool marine layer that rolls in reliably each morning from the ocean before the mid-day sun gradually melts it away. The chardonnay is allowed to gently warm up. Then, as afternoon turns to evening, cooling Pacific breezes pick up to ensure that the grapes never over ripen to the point where sugar levels translate into high-alcohol wine. A complex mix of sandstone, shale and limestone at the base, with soils reflective of these same sedimentary rocks, results in the lithe, fresh style of chardonnay that Oceano is intent on making.

Oceano Wines is a joint venture between Rachel Martin and Kurt Deutsch. Rachel has been growing grapes and producing wine for over 15 years at her family's winery and vineyard Boxwood Estate winery in Middleburg, Virginia. Kurt is a GRAMMY award winning musical theater producer and retired stage and screen actor. The two met randomly at the Middleburg Film Festival. They were seated across from each other at a dinner previous to the screening of Kurt's feature film "Last 5 Years". Always discovering new things, the two decided to make wine together from a very specific vineyard on the coast of San Luis Obispo California, Spanish Springs. Providing a cool growing climate for their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir varieties. In 2016 their first Chardonnay wine was made. Winemaker Marbue Marke took on their dream project as a personal effort to produce wines with elegance, balance and freshness. Based in Napa at Caldwell Vineyards, our grapes are transported in temperature controlled containers. All fermentation is done in French Burgundy oak barrels.

Shipping Not Available