2018 Diora La Grande Luminere Chardonnay San Bernabe Vineyard 750ml

This is the first vintage of La Grande Lumière Chardonnay, a wine more than thirty years in the making. Since 1988, when the Indelicato family purchased the San Bernabe Vineyard. The present estate includes a mix of gently rolling hills, alluvial terraces, benchlands and foothills, which together offer a wide range of exposures and soil types. Today, the Indelicatos farm the top one-fourth of the vines in the San Bernabe AVA, all of which have been replanted to maximize grape quality rather than quantity, with a precise match of ideal variety, clone and rootstock to the micro-terroir of each vineyard block.

A bright, golden hue, the wine opens with fragrant aromas of lemon, Asian pear, and ripe pineapple. On the palate, this luxurious Chardonnay is soft and silky, with delicate, detailed flavors of baking spice, golden apple, vanilla wafers, and hints of nuts. A touch of acidity rounds out the palate and balances this beautiful white wine and its lusciousness.
– Winemaker, James Ewart