Wine Advisor
Tyler, Zotovich Family Vineyard Chardonnay 2017
View analysis
Description
Tasting notes
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2017 Chardonnay Zotovich Family Vineyard is pretty, floral and lifted, as wines from this site on sandy soils tend to be. Soft contours and light tropical notes give the wine a lovely sense of immediacy, while bright acids add energy. Justin Willet has done a terrific job in bringing texture to a vineyard that often yields airy wines. The 2017 will be even better with a few years in bottle. It is such an elegant Chardonnay.
About the Producer
Justin Tyler Willett is the son of Santa Barbara. In 2005, the 24 -year -old Justin Tyler Willett in Santa Barbara A few barrels of wine were hidden in the corner and founded Tyler. He was working in the cellar of Rita Hills. It was there, as an assistant winemaker, he hone his brewing method for Chardoni and Black Pinotano. Justin is the supporter of the old vine. Since then, he has been in contact with Santa Barbara's well -known vineyard, including Santa Rita Hills with regional characteristics of Santa Rita Hills Sanford & Benedict vineyard. He paid huge efforts to find pure vineyards and established close cooperation with these growers. In a wine area defined by the horizontal mountains and valleys, the hills there are marine sediments, and the sea breeze is hidden, and Justin made a clear and calm wine. His wine is dominated by structure and persistence; they evoke confidence, focus, and vitality. They were not created in the cellar, but carefully refined. The unique combination of marine soil, long and mild growth season, and cool ocean influence make it a really excellent place to grow black Pinotuo and Chardonnia. Adhering to the firm beliefs that began in the vineyard and the sincere desire to impact on the environment, the grapes are organically planted, hand -picked at night, and hand -classified in the winery. In the wine cellar, all batch of wines are fermented with natural yeast in large oak barrels. After drying, put the wine into a barrel to sublimate. The use of new oak is different from the age and year of vineyards, vines, and the age of use. Its way of use will only supplement wine without covering the wine. After storing in the barrel for about a year, the wine will be bottle and mixed, and then return to the barrel for several months. Then the bottle will not be clarified and filtered.
