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, there’s 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 and some stainless for under a year, there’s texture and complexity that buoys the salinity and earthy undertones of fresh herb and sea spray. Another masterful wine from this small producer. Drink now through 2036.Jeb Dunnuck | 98 JDThis blend cruises from the eastern Monterey peaks of the Gabilan Mountains (44% Coastview Vineyard) to the hills of the Santa Lucia Highlands (43% Fogstone) and terraces of the Carmel Coast (10% Pelio), with a dash of Santa Barbara’s Sta. Rita Hills (3% Spear). The nose’s earthy, wet-rock minerality pairs with honeysuckle, then drops into a chalky palate of Asian pear and lychee. Wine Enthusiast | 95 WEThe 2024 Chardonnay Les Granitiers is bright, tense and loaded with minerality, its inherent raciness nicely offset by a creamy, generous mid-palate. A blend of Coastview (Gabilan Mountains), Fogstone (SLH) and Pelio (Carmel Valley) and Spear (Sta. Rita Hills), the 2024 presses out layers of bitter lemon pith, yellow plum, chalk, fresh mint and sea salt. Cool-climate California in a glass.Vinous Media | 93 VM
