2023 Mail Road Santa Rita Hills Chardonnay
"Salty, mineral and intense, the 2023 Chardonnay (SRH) is a powerful, polished wine with both richness and balance in spades. The south-facing site lends broad, tropical fruit characteristics to a frame of elegant proportions, while sea salt, spice, toasted hazelnut and lemon oil add detail and lift. Drink 2025-2033." -Vinous, 94VM
A partnership between Santa Barbara winemakers Matt Dees of Hilt/Jonata fame and Mt. Carmel Vineyard owner Ron Piazza, these are wines of uncompromising excellence and distinction. Mt Carmel's soils lie adjacent to Sea Smoke's in the Botella clay loam only found along a narrow bench in the middle of the Sta Rita Hills AVA. The combination of windy exposure, soil composition, organic farming, and naturally low yields creates wines marked by deep concentration, depth, textural complexity and bright acidity.
