Outward Wines, Montana de Oro Central Coast, 2025 BFCM2022 now under seventh-generation Erwan Faiveley

now under seventh-generation Erwan Faiveley with winemaker Jérôme Flous

A debut Chardonnay project worth paying attention to from two winemakers betting big on farming and place

Lightsome's first white field blend is a beauty

making it feel smooth without being heavy

The long granite influence gives a stony

Outward Wines, Montana de Oro Central Coast, 2025 BFCM2022 now under seventh-generation Erwan FaiveleyA cool Coast California white blend from a husband and wife project to know. Ryan Pace and Natalie Siddique founded Outward Wines in 2016 he trained at Cal Poly and spent seven years as winemaker at Byron in Santa Maria; she fell in love with the wild coastal park called Montaa de Oro, which now lends its name to this cuve. Montaa de Oro is a blend of Chenin Blanc from Shell Creek (60%), Sauvignon Blanc from Two Wolves (20%), and Chardonnay from