Loring Wine 2023 Chardonnay, Sta. Rita Hills

The Loring Wine 2023 Chardonnay greets you like the coast at sunrise—warmth and brightness arriving together. Hazelnut richness and baked apricot open the aromatics first, softened by the glow of honeyed mango and sunlight-soaked citrus. There’s fullness here, but it isn’t broad—it unfolds in quiet waves.

It holds ground on the palate. Mango sweetness and peach flesh settle into a soft texture, while ripe honey drifts into a finish threaded with melon and baked peach. The wine never feels heavy—it preserves a freshness that keeps the fruit lively and the mouth engaged.

Loring began its Chardonnay project as a response to changing tastes. Since branching into Chardonnay in 2009, Brian Loring has leaned into rich, slightly oaky styles—not extremes, but enough to give the variety depth and relief from the leaner trends of the time. Classic elegance with modern clarity.

Sta. Rita Hills—the cool line onto the Central Coast defined by east–west winds and rocky soils—shapes this wine’s spine. Growers are coaxing late ripeness without losing brightness, and Loring’s 2023 feels like weather captured: sunny edges, clean structure, and ocean-salted distance.

This is Chardonnay that feels easy in the glass, but lingers in mind. Loring 2023—warm in tone, cool in composure, and deeply in place.