Juliana Layla Chardonnay San Luis Obispo 2023

San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast first started its rise to national prominence as a popular new place for a coastal retreat with its numerous bed and breakfast and Airbnbs focused on health and wellness, weekend getaways and clean living. Then, more recently, it began to pick up steam as a honeymoon destination, a beautiful quiet getaway with vineyards tucked between the mountain range and the coast.

Then in 2018, SLO started really being taken seriously as a wine destination, with three wines from the little known AVA landing on Wine Spectator’s top 100 wines of the year list. Accounting for less than 2% of California’s total wine production, it seemed like maybe it was just a fluke. That was until 2018 when San Luis Obispo earned 14(!) spots on Wine Spectator’s list of Top U.S. Chardonnay. The secret was out.

Of those placements, a winery with far and away the most praise just happens to be the same producer who gets all the credit for this drop dead gorgeous 2023 Juliana Layla Chardonnay San Luis Obispo Coast. Unfortunately, we’re not at liberty to disclose their name, but you could absolutely connect the dots. In what will surely never happen again, the Cuvee that we got isn’t “like” their Estate bottling… it is, just at better than half price!