Bravium Chardonnay

“Bravium” is Latin for “gift” or “prize” – in this case, an indication of the gift of California’s coolest, best-situated hillside sites with shallow soils – the sort sought out by his mentors at Rhys. His winemaking, naturally, is very minimalist – gently guiding what the vineyard gives him. This Chardonnay is from the Reis Vineyard, planted at the top of a cool ridge with very poor, stony soils 9 miles from the Pacific. Rohlffs, a native Cherokee whose parents …