Outward Chenin Blanc Shell Creek Vineyard 2025

Country: USA

Region: Central Coast (SLO County)

Type: White Wine

Grape: Chenin Blanc

Outward Wines is a partnership between Natalie Siddique and Ryan Pace. They are focused on producing small-lot, site-specific wines that collectively showcase the diversity of terroir across California's Central Coast. They currently farm approximately six acres of vines across several sites on the San Luis Obispo Coast and the Santa Ynez Valley. Outside of the grapes we farm ourselves, they also source from other thoughtfully farmed, coastal-influenced vineyards that span the Central Coast. All of the vineyards they work with are farmed organically at minimum and are located in close proximity to the cold Pacific Ocean.

In the cellar they employ a hands-off approach, utilizing native yeast to carry out fermentations, aging exclusively in old French oak barrels, and bottling without fining or filtration.

Planted in 1972, Shell Creek Vineyard is among the first vineyards planted in San Luis Obispo County. This remote vineyard of the Paso Robles Highlands District sits beneath limestone cliffs featuring marine fossils after which the vineyard was named. This wine showcases a diverse breadth of Chenin aromatics, balancing both opulence and freshness on the nose and palate. Notes of quince, pear, white flowers, ginger, honey and wet stone.