Brown Ranch is the top wine of Dick Ward from Saintsbury, we buy and import his wines ourselves and believe them to be some of the best in the whole of the US of A. Showing a crisp acidity and a burgundy-like minerality, the wine expresses apple, pear and citrus flavours. Having spent seven months in French oak barrels, the wine is then racked to stainless steel tanks along with the fine lees for a further six months, further enhancing the terroir-driven minerality of the Brown Ranch site.

• Feel free to mix Fine Wines with “regular” wines to make up your order of 12 bottles (or more!) in total. However, at least 6 bottles must be Fine Wine products, because Fine Wines require special distribution from our temperature-controlled Fine Wine Centre in London. Original wooden cases not available outside the M25.

"A complex and racy nose of green fruits, apples, grapefruit and blood oranges jump out of the glass to present a refreshing and unexpectedly elegant and minerally bouquet. This is not archetypal Californian Chardonnay, but soft, sophisticated and fabulously complex. The richness of the fruit is complimented by a steely minerality and a genuine richness provided by the careful oak ageing and extended time on its lees."

Clayton Smith,
Fine Wine Manager
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