Brewer-Clifton Sweeney Chardonnay 2006

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Brewer-Clifton Sweeney Chardonnay 2006Price: $90.00 Case Price: $81.00

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Color:: White
Body/Type:: Full Bodied
Style:: Modern
Size:: Bottle, 750 ml
Winery:: Brewer-Clifton
Grapes:: Chardonnay
Serve At:: 54°-61° F
Region:: USA > California > Santa Rita Hills

Brewer-Clifton focuses solely on the production of vineyard designated Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton have set out to put the best vineyards in Santa Barbara into a bottle. One of the oldest chardonnay sites in the Sweeney Canyon, the grapes are dry farmed in a combination of river silt and diatomaceous soil. Spearmint and ginger aromatics with flavors of dried apricot and ginger snap are present. 2,592 btls produced.

Born of an obsession with Santa Barbara County terroir, Greg Brewer and Steve Clifton have set out to put the best vineyard sites of the AVA into a bottle. Brewer-Clifton focus solely on site expressive wines from the Sta. Rita Hills appellation using Chardonnay and Pinot Noir as voices of place. The area's long growing seasons and diversity of marine-based soils combine to produce dynamic and explosive wines with great purity and precision. Each vineyard site is nurtured identically, allowing the pedigree of place to play the most significant role in their wines. Brewer-Clifton wines are only available in small quantities, with total production averages between 7,000 and 8,000 cases annually.

The Santa Rita Hills AVA lies inland along the Santa Ynez River, roughly 10 miles from the Pacific Coast. The river bends south suddenly, marking the end of heavy ocean influence, and the beginning of the region itself. Here the cool climate and variety of silt and clay soils lend themselves to Pinot Noir and Chardonnay fruit of high quality, although many winegrowers are experimenting to great results with other cool-weather varieties.

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