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  • Weather

    12° C Clear sky
  • Time

    07:55 AM
  • Wine average?

    90 Tb
  • Country Ranking?

    162
  • Region Ranking?

    24
  • Popularity ranking?

    235

History

Jim Clendenen was born in Akron, Ohio to gastronomically impoverished parents during the culinary Dark Ages of the American 1950s.  He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with High Honors in Pre-Law in 1976. It was during his "junior year abroad" in 1974, while turning 21 in France, that he discovered life beyond tacos. After graduation, a one month stay in both Burgundy and Champagne convinced him to attempt a career i...

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Vineyards

Au Bon Climat sources fruit from several of the most highly regarded vineyards on the Central Coast, and primarily in Santa Barbara County. These include Clendenen’s own Le Bon Climat Vineyard and estate plantings at the legendary Bien Nacido Vineyard – both in Santa Maria Valley, Sanford & Benedict Vineyard in Sta. Rita Hills, Los Alamos Vineyard (Santa Barbara County), and San Luis Obispo County's Talley Vineyard.

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9 different wines with 22 vintages

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