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  Babcock Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2008 (Santa Barbara, California)
 
 
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Retail Price: $20.00
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Winery: Babcock
Varietal: 97.5% Chardonnay, 2.5% Pinot Gris
Region: Santa Barbara, California
Vintage: 2008
Bottle Size: 750 ml

Product Code: BABCOCKSANTABARBARACHARD08-W
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Notes from the Winemaker:

Over the last few years, labor has gotten significantly more expensive, and many input costs have gone through the roof. On top of this, my Chardonnay blocks consistently present me with early battles with mildew, late skirmishes with bunch rot, and low yields overall. So, eventually I was confronted with two choices; either continue making a basic Chardonnay based on Estate Grown fruit and take the price upwards toward $30 a bottle, or purchase some good local Chardonnay that someone else can grow more efficiently than me, and keep the price closer to $20. When I realized that Tavo Acosta, the viticulturalist at Loma Verde (Los Alamos), could not only grow Chardonnay more efficiently than me, but, for all practical purposes, grow it at the same quality level as me, then it was a no-brainer. Especially these days in this rough economy, the $20 suggested retail for this stuff is the ticket.

So, you might wonder, are any of my grapes still in this wine? Of course there are, and, for the foreseeable future, what ever measly amount of fruit my vines want to produce, it will go into a Santa Barbara County bottling as well. The blends have been nice. You get the brisk acidity and minerality from our fruit and the varietal character and flesh from the Loma Verde fruit. With a nose of pear and lemon meringue, it’s hard to resist. There’s a pinch of a tapioca thing going on in there as well. The mouth is very succulent. 97.5% Chardonnay, 2.5% Pinot Gris.
 



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