{"product_id":"calera-chardonnay-central-coast-2024-750ml","title":"Calera Chardonnay Central Coast 2024 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePeter - Wine Specialist, South Glendale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimestone, anyone?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the fuss about Burgundian wines can be boiled down to one word: limestone. There is a Calera, Spanish for “limestone kiln’” which stands prominently in the Mt. Harlan AVA, representing the dreams of a California winemaker who wished to emulate the breathtaking monopoles of DRC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCalera is young, but will grow into wines of this depth, breadth, and stature. In the meantime, we are currently in a period in which the Duckhorn Portfolio leaders foresaw the future of these wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOk… Central Coast Chardonnay may not register with you as terroir for white wine greatness. However, watch, observes wait and see…\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThere will be future days in which oenophiles may say, “Oh yeah! I bought Calera. And, I was also there when Chateau Montelena Chardonnay was $5.00 a bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1974, Mike Grgich had the foresight to blend Napa Valley and Sonoma County white grapes, especially from a then unknown plot called Bacigalupi Vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter Grgich’s Chardonnay scored the highest total points of any wine in the Paris blind tasting of 1976, shocking the French wine establishment and permanently putting California wine on the world map, what can we say?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe winemaker for Calera Wine is Mike Waller, who continues the legacy of the winery's founder and pioneer, Josh Jensen. These are merely names to you at the moment…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you want to take a risk and try to taste viticultural history before it is made?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJump in, then…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mission Liquor \u0026 Tobacco, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46602049749062,"sku":"xak1789842672969","price":14.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0732\/7363\/8982\/files\/calera-chardonnay-central-coast-2024-750ml_1.png?v=1789842677","url":"https:\/\/towerlookwear.shop\/products\/calera-chardonnay-central-coast-2024-750ml","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}