2019 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois Chardonnay 'Ammonites', Jura, France Worlds Apart A hidden vineyard near the

A hidden vineyard near the town of Aptos

BIG TANG is here

Aged in barrel (no new oak) for about 11 months

The grapes here come from two contrade

filtered through ancient granite rocks

2019 Domaine de la Touraize, Arbois Chardonnay 'Ammonites', Jura, France Worlds Apart A hidden vineyard near theNamed after the extinct cephalopodic mollusk whose fossilized shells are found throughout the Juras distinctive soils, Touraizes Ammonites comes from 0. 8 hectares worth of Chardonnay in the gravelly marl of the vineyards Curoulet and La Platire, planted between the early 1960s and the early 1980s. These more marl heavy soils make for a richer, broader wine than one born of limestone, and this offeringfermented and aged two years in used 600 liter