Samuel Louis Smith Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Spear Vineyard 2024 champagne-template lemon balm and santolina (a

lemon balm and santolina (a slightly bitter Mediterranean shrub in the chamomile family)

It's a bottle for a grill

This is Champagne with broad shoulders — toasty

it originates from a solera created in 1903 and averages 25 years of age

some of the highest in the world

Samuel Louis Smith Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Spear Vineyard 2024 champagne-template lemon balm and santolina (aSpear 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