About Kalin Cellars
Kalin Cellars carries the surname of Terry and Frances Leighton — Kalin being Terry's family name — on one of California's most unusual wine programs: a long-aging, late-release philosophy that holds wines in barrel and bottle for years before release, producing Chardonnay and Sémillon with the extended development that most California wineries deny their wines. Terry Leighton's microbiologist training informs the extreme minimum-intervention approach.
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Kalin Cellars carriesKalin Cellars carries the surname of Terry and Frances Leighton — Kalin being Terry's family name — on one of California's most unusual wine programs: a long-aging, late-release philosophy that holds wines in barrel and bottle for years before release, producing Chardonnay and Sémillon with the extended development that most California wineries deny their wines.
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Terry Leighton's microbiologistTerry Leighton's microbiologist training informs the extreme minimum-intervention approach.
"The 1977 Sonoma County Kalin-microbiologist-founder-surname Chardonnay and Pinot Noir late-release estate"
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Featured Wines
Sémillon
Livermore Valley Sémillon
Livermore Valley / Kalin Estate
Kalin's microbiologist-founder late-release California Sémillon — Terry Leighton's extended-aging minimum-intervention philosophy on one of California's rarest standalone Sémillon programs.
Estate
★★★★☆
Chardonnay
Cuvée DD Chardonnay
Sonoma County / Kalin Estate
Kalin Cellars' founder-surname long-aging Chardonnay — the extreme late-release program's most celebrated white wine expression.
Estate
★★★★☆
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Appointment at the microbiologist-founder late-release Sonoma County boutique — Kalin Cellars Sémillon and Cuvée DD Chardonnay.
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