Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 052626OFFER and Bodega Hermanos del Villar

and Bodega Hermanos del Villar is one of the region's most reliable family addresses

landing their first container of wine in 2009

then barrel-fermented to complete dryness

Grapes are hand‑harvested from sandy loam

Crop uses only USDA certified organic grain

Samuel Louis Smith Monterey County Chardonnay Les Granitiers 2024 052626OFFER and Bodega Hermanos del VillarSamuel 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