Brij Wines SLO Coast Chardonnay 2025

Pale gold and crystalline. Lemon zest, lime rind and crushed chalk on the nose — precise, cool and coastal. The palate is linear and mouthwatering, with high acidity pulling the wine into a long, focused finish. Layers reveal themselves quietly: citrus giving way to oyster shell, saline brine and a flicker of lanolin. Medium bodied, complex and completely unadorned. Finishes long on wet stone and preserved lemon.

The grapes were sourced from the Marfarm Vineyard located in Edna Valley. Farmed using organic methods in clay, loam soils. Whole cluster pressed and fermented in a stainless steel tank using all native yeasts. Aged for nine months in neutral, French barriques. Bottled by hand with no fining or filtering. 750 cases produced.

Brij Wines is a project of Rajat Parr, one of the most accomplished and celebrated wine professionals in the industry. Raj grew up in Calcutta, India where he found his love of hospitality working within family restaurants in New Delhi. It wasn’t until age twenty that Raj experienced his first taste of wine in London with his uncle in 1993, and from that point forward he found a calling that would lead him on an odyssey to the coastal enclave that today is called Phelan Farm.

Raj makes estate-grown wine under the Phelan Farm label, while Brij Wines is the label he uses for wine made from grapes purchased from other organically-farmed vineyards. Raj also makes wine under the Scythian Wines label.