Au Bon Climat Nuits Blanches au Bouge Chardonnay 2019

Au Bon Climat Nuits Blanches au Bouge Chardonnay 2019 is a full-bodied dry white wine produced from Chardonnay grapes in the Santa Maria Valley of California. Au Bon Climat was founded by the late Jim Clendenen in 1982 and continues to produce hugely popular Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from a variety of sites around California’s Central Coast. The wines of ABC, from the most accessible Classics series to the long-aged Blue series, seem to find a perfect balance between Old World restraint and New World approachability. The 2019 Nuits Blanches au Bouge comes from a mix of Bien Nacido and Le Bon Climat vineyards (mostly Bien Nacido) and was fermented and aged all new French oak barrels. "Lovely and inviting aromas of sea salt, light butter, lemon zest and toasted almond conspire for a slyly rich nose on this bottling. Those warm elements are cut by a pithy tension on the palate, which frames blanched almond, butter-glazed nectarine and salted citrus flavours." Wine Enthusiast, 2022