Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Sparkling Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vyd 2024 SPBURGUNDY One of Barolo's great crus—Villero

One of Barolo's great crus—Villero in Castiglione Falletto

and cherry

and Bernard calls it the most Meursault-y of the family's three village bottlings

with the depth and concentration only a Ramonet monopole delivers

The 2024 leans into Sonoma's strengths: ripe red fruit

Alfaro Family Santa Cruz Mtns Sparkling Chardonnay Trout Gulch Vyd 2024 SPBURGUNDY One of Barolo's great crus—VilleroA sparkling Chardonnay from Trout Gulch, the old vineyard near Aptos that Richard Alfaro has farmed for over fifteen years and that supplies some of the Santa Cruz Mountains' most distinctive Chardonnay. Picked early to preserve acidity, the wine has the cool climate cut and green apple snap you want from a sparkler but with a real sense of place. It's a useful house bubbly: dry, salty, and food friendly without the price tag of Champagne.