2024 Bally Keal Estate Chardonnay
Petaluma Gap, $25, Irish-heritage California estate.
Wind and fog off the Petaluma Gap keep this 2024 Chardonnay taut: lemon, pear, a flinty snap. Bally Keal gives you the Irish welcome. The Gap gives you the climate. $25 against a $32 SRP.
22% off the supplied street price
A Gap Chardonnay with an estate story you can tell in one sentence
Petaluma Gap is wind and fog. Bally Keal is County Clare hospitality on an 80-acre California estate. This 2024 bottling puts both on the same label.
The estate
Bally Keal is an 80-acre Suisun Valley destination with County Clare roots. Joe Cassidy brought Irish hospitality to California in 1976.
The place
Petaluma Gap is a cool marine corridor. Chardonnay here stays citrus and pear, not a tropical California bomb.
The wine
2024 Chardonnay, Petaluma Gap, 750 ml. No 2024 critic score is locked.
The buy
$25 a bottle, $150 for six, $300 for twelve with free shipping. Supplied SRP is $32.
What is $25 Petaluma Gap, California Chardonnay with a $32 SRP actually buying?
$25 versus the $32 SRP is 22 percent off. No 2024 critic score is locked, so none is shown.
Lemon, pear, and a Gap mineral line
Cool-climate Chardonnay: citrus and pear, bright acid, a clean finish. Drink it this year.
Lemon, ripe pear, a flinty mineral note, a hint of toasted crust.
Citrus and pear on a medium body, bright acidity, a slightly saline close.
Serve near 50 F in a white Burgundy glass.
Irish welcome, California origin
Bally Keal's hospitality is Irish. This wine is California, labeled Petaluma Gap, California.
Founder Joe Cassidy came from County Clare in 1976. The estate in Suisun Valley now holds vineyards, a winery, brewery, distillery and gathering spaces.
This 2024 Chardonnay is a Bally Keal Estate bottling from Petaluma Gap, California. The estate story is the sell. The appellation is the climate.
Roast chicken, seared scallops
Petaluma Gap Chardonnay wants roast bird and sweet shellfish, not a heavy cream sauce.
Roast chicken
Lemon, herb and golden skin meet the wine's citrus and pear.
Seared scallops
Sweet shellfish and butter sit on the wine's acid and mineral line.
Lock twelve now. Complimentary shipping at 12 bottles is store policy.
Add 12 Bottles • $300SRP is supplied for this promotion. Generated vineyard and food images are editorial. Checked 2026-08-25.
