Armand Heitz Saint-Aubin Travers De Chez Edouard 2021 CS20231026 drizzle over ice-cream

drizzle over ice-cream

Bittersweet on the palate

It's built around a perpetual reserve — a solera-style library of older vintages — that gets blended with the current year

This is Santa Rita Hills Pinot at its most aromatic and spiced

There is a good amount of whole cluster and carbonic maceration through the lots keeping everything fresh and fun

Armand Heitz Saint-Aubin Travers De Chez Edouard 2021 CS20231026 drizzle over ice-creamThe plot is located at the top of the Saint Aubin hillside. It is well exposed, the ground is very stony. One could imagine a wine more focused on freshness but this is not the case. This Saint Aubin is intense, complex, with very toasted notes while the percentage in new barrels is only 20%.