Samuel Louis Smith Chardonnay Spear Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills 2023 (750ml) Extra Brut red and black fruit and

red and black fruit and a powerful palate

The coldest and wettest spring turned into the 2nd warmest and driest summer on record

silky and fairly juicy

and a color that is almost inky black

taut attack moves into a more full-bodied

Samuel Louis Smith Chardonnay Spear Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills 2023 (750ml) Extra Brut red and black fruit andSome Chardonnays dont announce themselves they unfurl. Samuel Louis Smiths Spear Vineyard bottling does just that: slow and precise, like light spilling through coastal fog. Grown on the steep slopes of Spear Vineyard in the Sta. Rita Hills, this is Chardonnay that leans into its latitude taut, saline, and quietly rich. Think lemon curd, crushed shell, chamomile, and a whisper of hazelnut. The oak is there, but barely more frame than flavor and the