Radio-Coteau ‘Savoy’ Chardonnay, Anderson Valley (2021)

Situated on the rugged ridges of the true Sonoma Coast, Radio-Coteau is a celebrated pioneer of organic and biodynamic winemaking. Founded by Eric Sussman, the estate champions a fiercely low-intervention philosophy, relying on native yeast fermentations and bottling unfined and unfiltered to preserve raw terroir expression. Focusing on cool-climate Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Chardonnay, their meticulously farmed, single-vineyard releases are deeply textured and electrically vibrant. Translating to "word of mouth," Radio-Coteau delivers profoundly soulful, site-specific masterpieces that capture the cool, coastal energy of California with uncompromising purity and precision.

Anderson Valley is California's coolest corner - a narrow, redwood-lined valley in Mendocino, far enough north and close enough to the sea that fog funnels up it from the coast each evening. That deep daily swing, hot afternoons to cold nights, is what makes it: Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with bright fruit and a freshness most of California can't reach. Long a quiet name supplying grapes to famous sparkling houses, now prized in its own right.