Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 NO20230719 offering enough complexity to develop

offering enough complexity to develop gracefully in bottle

Hand-harvested Alban

with a splash of Sauvignon Gris and Sémillon for texture

citrus-driven

famed for the best terroir in the world for sugar cane production

Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 NO20230719 offering enough complexity to developSamuel Louis Smith is one of the most exciting young names in California, a former Morgan winemaker who launched his own micro negociant label after stints in Bordeaux, the Northern Rhone, and Champagne. Les Granitiers is his entry level Chardonnay, sourced from organically farmed sites in Monterey County and named for the granite based soils that define the region. It's native fermented and aged in mostly neutral barrel and some stainless, with oak