The 2018 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard Santa Barbara Historic Vineyards Collection is creamy and ample, with pretty floral notes that lend complexity. This is one of the richer, creamier wines readers will find from this part of the old-vine section of Sanford & Benedict. A few hours of aeration brings out gorgeous textural richness to play off the wine's natural brilliance.

Spiced orchard fruits, salted citrus, brioche, and toasty oak as well as hints of nuttiness all emerge from the 2018 Chardonnay Sanford & Benedict Vineyard. Medium-bodied, it has bright acidity and a clean, vibrant, pure style that's going to gain richness and depth with a year or two of bottle age and keep for a decade.

Macadamia nut and baked apple aromas meet with a hint of baking spice and a linear, steely minerality on the nose of this bottling. There's a grippy, rain-on-cement-like minerality and chalky texture to the palate, with lime skin and jasmine leading into a finish of vanilla bean.