Mariana's Vineyard sits at 2,000 feet in the Santa Cruz Mountains, planted entirely to Old Wente Chardonnay — the historic California clone that produces wines of nervy minerality and lift. Hardy Wallace ferments in stainless and ages in well-seasoned barrels, leaving the wine medium-bodied with a juicy core and saline edge. This is California Chardonnay in a Chablisien register: cool, precise, and alive. No tropical heaviness, no oak slather — just bright fruit, salt air, and the marvelous texture that comes from old vines on a high-elevation site.