Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV CS20230718 when Bonnie Prince Charlie gave

when Bonnie Prince Charlie gave it to Captain John MacKinnon of Clan MacKinnon in return for sanctuary on the Isle of Skye after the Battle of Culloden

It also had heady

Cardamom and a secret ingredient (with traces of orange and lemon peel)

Attractive in its viscosity and warmth of the palate

a granite-rooted expression from Rías Baixas

Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV CS20230718 when Bonnie Prince Charlie gaveA Burgundy vigneron and a Champagne grower walked into Santa Barbara and decided to make sparkling wine. Racines is the joint project of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, plus Rodolphe Peters of the great Le Mesnil house Pierre Peters, and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows. It's a blanc de blancs, all Chardonnay, drawn from three of the Sta. Rita Hills' best cool climate sites: Wenzlau, Sanford &