2021 Sandar & Hem Santa Cruz Mountains Chardonnay [WE96]

Producer: Sandar & Hem Region: Santa Cruz Mountains, California Varietal: Chardonnay  Year: 2021  Retail Price: $52.00 Our Price: $19.99*  Sandar & Hem is a relatively new winery but they're already making a name in the wine world.  It's a small-production winery led by a husband and wife team and the name is a nod to the family's Norwegian origins.  Sandar & Hem explores the Santa Cruz Mountains through the lens of its most historically important vineyards and produces evocative expressions of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet.  They aspire to make wines which express the breathtaking mountain sites upon which their grapes are grown and believe that Chardonnay, above all other varieties, is able to capture the wide breadth of expressions and great heights possible from the rugged, complex Santa Cruz Mountains.  Wine Advocate writes Sandar & Hem "stands in a league above the rest" and has rapidly caught the attention of those in the region and beyond.  Their Chardon