Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2023 extra-brut-selection Clos Saint-Denis trades power for

Clos Saint-Denis trades power for elegance

Tiny berries off shallow

After a few minutes in the glass

Unfiltered and very velvety

a red variety planted in tiny quantities on the island

Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2023 extra-brut-selection Clos Saint-Denis trades power forTrail Marker is the project of Drew Huffine and Emily Virgil a husband and wife team making old world leaning Chardonnay and Pinot from California's cool, fog licked corners. Drew cut his teeth at Copain, DuMol, and Kosta Browne, but the wines here go the other way: low alcohol, high acid, hands off in the cellar, place driven. This Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay draws from family farmed sites high in the redwoods, where coastal fog keeps the fruit