Au Bon Climat Wild Boy Chardonnay - Santa Barbara
REGION: Santa Barbera, California, USA
VARIETIES: Chardonnay
ALCOHOL: 13.5%
VITICULTURE: Conventional
YEAR: 2017
INFO: Jim Clendenen is the eponymous "Wild Boy" of Santa Barbera, and his face adorns this typically SoCal label. After falling in love with the rolling hills of Burgundy during a year abroad from Pre-Law at the University of California, he convinced himself that wine, rather than the law, was where his true passion lay. Now one of the true characters of the Californian wine scene, winning praise from no lesser figures as Robert Parker and Oz Clarke. If you want to learn what great American wines taste like, look no further.