2024 Côtière Aligoté ‘Santa Barbara Cuvée’

100% sustainably farmed Aligoté from vines planted in deep sand on the farthest western edge of the Sta. Rita Hills, just outside the AVA boundaries. Fermented with native yeasts, half in stainless steel and half in neutral oak puncheons. Aged for nine months in neutral oak barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Only 100 cases made. 12.5% alcohol. This refreshing white wine has a uniquely beautiful color that shows a flash of greenish hue.  No new oak was used, so this allows the wine to come across with precise flavors and bright minerality.  At 12.5% Alc., this balanced wine shows no signs of heaviness.  Aligotè is a fun white Burgundy alternative, and lacks the malic butteryness that Chardonnay always seems to develop to a certain degree in barrel.  Serve slightly chilled. Owner/winemaker Kevin Law is a Santa Barbara native and a UCSB graduate who makes fewer than 2,000 cases per year.