Sta. Rita Hills Romance Chardonnay

Pork, Shellfish, Vegetarian, Poultry

Sandhi is a small production California winery focusing on select vineyards from the Sta. Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County. Sandhi was founded in 2010 by Rajat Parr, the wine director for Michael Mina Restaurants, and winemaker, Sashi Moorman. Sandhi represents a union essential to the production of wine: the collaboration between man, earth, and vine. The willing participation of all three elements is necessary to make great wine, and the winegrower must make this collaboration rich and nourishing for all involved. An understanding of these joint efforts informs Sandhi’s exploration of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay vines throughout the Santa Barbara County terroir.

A first intake to SA for the Sandhi Romance, from a single vineyard at Domaine de la Côte, which shares the same alluvial and shale soils as their Memorious and Bloom’s Field Pinot Noir parcels. A powerful, expansive Chardonnay.

Aged 10 months in puncheon, 6 months in stainless steel tank

Indigenous yeast fermentation in 500L Puncheon