Buena Vista Chardonnay, California (2024) Christmas Garys' and Soberanes - and

Garys' and Soberanes - and the Lucia label is how that fruit reaches a sensible price

5 hectares across the Premier and Grand Cru villages of the southern Montagne de Reims and Vallée de la Marne

and this Chardonnay takes the same approach to a style the state is rarely known for: clean

it softens into something elegant and silky with air

so it arrives polished and ready rather than tough and young

Buena Vista Chardonnay, California (2024) Christmas Garys' and Soberanes - andBuena Vista is California's first premium winery, founded in 1857 by the self styled "Count" Agoston Haraszthy. This is its broad California Chardonnay fruit drawn from coastal vineyards across the state, where cool Pacific air keeps the wine fresh under all that West Coast sun. The cellar work aims for balance over weight: some fruit fermented in stainless steel to hold the bright citrus, the rest given time in French oak for a rounder, silkier