Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Chardonnay Gimelli Vineyard 2023 NET focuses his I Vigneri project

focuses his I Vigneri project on foot-pressed Nerello Mascalese and Nerello Cappuccio

5-liter format captures the energy and structure beautifully

red-berry-driven character

Full-bodied

this stunning Chardonnay grows pressed against the Pacific Ocean in West Sonoma Coast's cool marine layer

Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Chardonnay Gimelli Vineyard 2023 NET focuses his I Vigneri projectRyan Stirm's minimalist project keeps finding California's overlooked corners, and Cienega Valley in San Benito County is one of the best of them a narrow limestone laced valley in the shadow of the Gabilan Mountains. The Gimelli Vineyard (once known as El Gabilan) traces back over 120 years and supplied cuttings to much of the region; this Chardonnay comes from an 11 acre block planted in 1997 on calcite weathered alluvial sand. Whole cluster