Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2023 SO20231109 and Lou Preston was one

and Lou Preston was one of the first Californians to take it seriously — planting it in Dry Creek when conventional wisdom said don't

Bruno Giacosa — Arneis ’23 · Nebbiolo d’Alba ’22 · Barolo 2020 · Barbaresco Rabajà ’21

The key innovation is the carterhead still: instead of steeping botanicals in liquid

Forey's Vosne is both muscular and elegant

Trail Marker Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay 2023 SO20231109 and Lou Preston was oneTrail Marker is the project of Drew Huffine and Emily Virgil a husband and wife team making old world leaning Chardonnay and Pinot from California's cool, fog licked corners. Drew cut his teeth at Copain, DuMol, and Kosta Browne, but the wines here go the other way: low alcohol, high acid, hands off in the cellar, place driven. This Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay draws from family farmed sites high in the redwoods, where coastal fog keeps the fruit