“Nearly all white wine is made to drink young. Guy makes his to lay down, which is unusual, and he opened a 2015 Chardonnay on the bluff so I could taste what several years does to one. He had meant to bring the 2020.
He and Sarah started the label about a decade ago when their youngest daughter Ella was born, and deliberately sought out a winemaker known for Pinots you could cellar, Phil Baxter, so that Ella could one day drink the first vintage. Their signature Pinot is bottled as Ella’s Reserve.”