Hirsch Vineyards Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2024 050326OFFER Foti gripping tannins frame layers of

gripping tannins frame layers of black cherry and blueberry with a white pepper spice lingering on the finish

matured at a cellar 5

The vines sit on flinty clay over tuffeau limestone in the Loir valley north of Tours

dried for months on racks in the ventilated loft above the family's house in Negrar before being crushed in the depths of winter

At three liters this becomes an event bottle: four regular bottles' worth

Hirsch Vineyards Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2024 050326OFFER Foti gripping tannins frame layers ofThe only white wine Hirsch makes, from less than four acres of Chardonnay on a ridge 1,200 feet above the Pacific. David Hirsch had planned to plant Nebbiolo on the rocky, 40% slope above his house; Burt Williams, who was buying his Pinot for Williams Selyem, told him he was crazy and to plant Chardonnay instead, so the 1994 cuttings came from Rochioli, with a second sandstone parcel added in 2002. The farming is biodynamic and the winemaking is