Au Bon Climat Wild Boy Chardonnay, Santa Barbara County 2023Jim Clendenen, is a legendary character in Californian wine making, who sadly passed away in 2021. His Wild Boy wine has been in production for 20 years or more and is one of the most recognisable wines from the ABC range. The grapes for his entry level Santa Barbera Chardonnay are sourced from both the slightly cooler Santa Maria Valley AVA and the warmer Santa Ynez Valley AVA. The wine displays tropical stone fruit and toasty notes from the French

pungent notes of rock rose blending with savoury marjoram and thyme and floral scents of rose and violet

known for combining scale with a strong focus on site expression

The wine is made without fining and undergoes only a delicate filtering

Long and deep

Cherry jam

wild strawberry

it offers intense aromas of black fruit

Following vinification

utilising epoxy-coated concrete tanks

who we like a lot

especially favouring grilled meats

is led by winemaker Christos Zafeirakis