Tyler Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Mae Vineyard 2023 SPDESSERT where the fruit tilts more

where the fruit tilts more toward melon and lychee than the peach you find further north

Helena estate her family purchased in 1972

and on its patches of heavy clay — genuinely rare in Champagne — his Pinot Noir takes on shocking breadth and richness

often referred to as the “Montrachet of Champagne

on mixed limestone and silica soils that lend Sangiovese both power and lift

Tyler Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay Mae Vineyard 2023 SPDESSERT where the fruit tilts moreTyler's home base Justin and Amanda Willett have farmed the 41 acre Mae Estate in the heart of Sta. Rita Hills since 2015, and this bottling comes from the sandier section of the vineyard. The wine is the cool climate, single vineyard counterpoint to Tyler's appellation Chardonnay: a tighter focus, a saltier edge, and the kind of lingering chalky bite that only a great SRH site delivers. Native ferments, restrained oak, all about transparency.