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    2017 Eden Rift Vineyards Chardonnay Estate Cienega Valley 750 ml

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    A Vineyard Site Older Than Its Own State.

    In 2016, Christian Pillsbury purchased the oldest continually cultivated vineyard in California. First planted in 1849, this gorgeous site sits in the same chalky badlands that Josh Jensen’s legendary Calera winery made famous. It didn’t take long for word to get out that one of the state’s most storied vineyards was back in business—or for inquiries to start rolling in from luminaries like Raj Parr, the world-famous somm and proprietor of Domaine de la Côte and Evening Land, and 2018 SF Chronicle Winemaker of the Year Ian Brand. 

    It also didn’t take long for Pillsbury to deliver a showstopper himself. He hired winemaker Cory Waller—a gifted alum of Etude, Soter, and Calera—to helm his fledgling winery, and the result is one of the most exciting California Chardonnays we’ve tried in the last decade.

    Eden Rift began its life in 1849, when an immigrant from Bordeaux, Theophile Vache, planted this site in the Cienega Valley, near Hollister. Over the next 150 years, this idyllic little mountain canyon of vines changed hands several times. Pillsbury, a San Francisco native, performed extensive scientific research on the site before purchasing it, concluding that Chardonnay and Pinot Noir would thrive there. Before long, sommeliers and winemakers like Parr, Brand, and Chris Miller of Seabold Cellars were asking to buy fruit. 

    Chardonnay and White Burgundy lovers, this is where the smart money plays. For the price of a single bottle of Aubert Chardonnay or Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru, you can lay in FIVE bottles of this beauty from a storied, chalky terroir and a winery whose star is on the rise. Watch it develop over the next 6–10 years and savor the dividends in Chardonnay pleasure!