Sourced from the historic Jensen Vineyard in the Santa Maria Valley—Santa Barbara County’s first officially recognized AVA—this Chardonnay reflects the region’s coastal influence and distinctive geography. Just 17 miles from the Pacific Ocean, the vineyard sits on a bench above the Sisquoc River, where cool marine winds and fog sweep through the east-west valley corridor, creating an ideal long, even growing season. Planted in 1971 and sustainably farmed, the vines thrive in a mix of elder loam and sandy soils derived from the nearby Sierra Madre Mountains and riverbed below. The result is a Chardonnay that captures the purity, freshness, and character that make the Santa Maria Valley one of California’s most renowned cool-climate winegrowing regions.