Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV Reasonable Cellar 2024 or a delicate seafood tartare

or a delicate seafood tartare

mixed into a Margarita

and this one has picked up a savory

deeper fruit and a serious mineral vein

and fresh goat cheese but also has enough depth to complement richer dishes like butter-poached lobster or roasted chicken with citrus

Racines Grand Reserve Sparkling Chardonnay ['19 Base] NV Reasonable Cellar 2024 or a delicate seafood tartareA Burgundy vigneron and a Champagne grower walked into Santa Barbara and decided to make sparkling wine. Racines is the joint project of Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve, plus Rodolphe Peters of the great Le Mesnil house Pierre Peters, and the Grand Reserve is where the Champagne half of that brain trust really shows. It's a blanc de blancs, all Chardonnay, drawn from three of the Sta. Rita Hills' best cool climate sites: Wenzlau, Sanford &