lending the wine a velvety mouthfeel
honest expression of Tuscan white grapes
From roughly 50-year-old vines and made bone-dry with wild yeast
contributing depth and character even to their regional bottlings
wild-yeast fermented in stainless steel
Outward Wines, Chardonnay Bassi Vineyard San Luis Obispo County, 2024 102225OFFER lending the wine a velvetyA salty, flinty California Chardonnay made the way you wish more were. Bassi Vineyard sits 1. 2 miles from the cold Pacific above Avila Beach, biodynamically farmed on a south facing hillside of marine sandstone and sandy loam. Outward's Ryan Pace and Natalie Siddique pick early, ferment with native yeast, and age 10 months on undisturbed lees in neutral oak. There's no malolactic flab, no buttery makeover, no oak veneer: just lemon, sea spray,