Samuel Louis Smith Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Spear Vineyard 2024 CS20231023 Fresh cut violets

Fresh cut violets

so you get texture without a heavy oak stamp

and the wine is aged on fine lees in tonneau

It is a masterful bottle of perfectly young rye

and nine months in a mix of American and French oak rounds off the edges

Samuel Louis Smith Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Spear Vineyard 2024 CS20231023 Fresh cut violetsSpear Vineyard is one of the most talked about young sites in the Sta. Rita Hills planted in 2014, farmed organically by Ofer Shepher, climbing steep north facing slopes along Highway 246 with marine clay, sand, and chert in the soil. Sam Smith the former Morgan winemaker turned micro negociant treats the fruit with restraint, fermenting on native yeast in tank with partial malolactic, then aging in a mix of new and neutral oak plus stainless. The