Samuel Louis Smith Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024

Samuel Louis Smith Chardonnay Les Granitiers 202492 points Wine Advocate The exquisite 2024 Chardonnay Les Granitiers follows up from the fantastic 2023 with a higher percentage of Coastview (44%) grapes and 43% from Fogstone instead of Escolle, as well as small amounts of Pelio and Spear, all sites rich in granitic soils. Though the vintage was warmer, theres no lack of freshness or verve, the wine as linear, high toned, and light bodied as ever. Native fermented and aged in mostly neutral barrel

Composition: Merlot with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon

sources its grapes from the granite-rich soils of the Dão region

ripe berries

and has reinvigorated this overlooked terroir at the northern edge of the Côte d’Or with his incredible energy and well-balanced wines

nutmeg and oak spices

Along with Marcel Lapierre

The 2022 Quartet is a Bordeaux-style blend consisting of 71% Cabernet Sauvignon from Coombsville

These varieties thrive in the granitic soils and cooling mountain influences surrounding the estate

ensures slow

while also reflecting the distinct character of the vintage

This 20-year-old Tawny Port offers a complex bouquet with notes of honey

Paloma Vineyard was founded in 1983 by Jim and Barbara Richards after receiving a call from Dan Duckhorn