Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 NO20230816 The name does double duty:

The name does double duty: pie franco means ungrafted

and spice box emerge from beneath nicely integrated French oak

where the warmer site gives this Mediterranean grape the heat it craves

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Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 NO20230816 The name does double duty:Samuel 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