2017 Chardonnay
United States
Edna Valley
Central Coast
White
Chardonnay
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In spite of producing some of San Luis Obispo’s best wines in recent vintages, Center of Effort continues to fly under most California wine lovers’ radar. Their top Chardonnay and Pinot Noir bottlings can be among the standouts of a given vintage, as is the case in 2018, and, perhaps even more intriguing to me, the Estate Grown Chenin Blanc is a truly excellent example of that variety, which is rarely found in the United States these days.
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In 2002 owner, local boy and Cal Poly graduate (and former chairman and CEO of Raytheon, by the way) Bill Swanson acquired this property, which was a pioneer in the Edna Valley when it was first planted in 1978. The first estate-bottled wines were made in 2008, and over the years Swanson has built up holdings to over 100 acres of vines. In recent vintages these wines have been steadily creeping up in quality. I now place Center of Effort solidly in the upper tier of the region’s producers, especially for their Pinot Noirs and, increasingly, for their Chardonnays as well. I had the chance to drink their 2011 Estate Chardonnay recently and, while fully mature, it is sailing along quite nicely, which is no mean feat for a nine-year-old wine of that variety from any region of California.
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