2022 Paul Lato Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard
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The 2022 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard is broad and robust yet poised and focused throughout. It opens with an exotic, flashy, slightly reductive nose framed with a gentle, leesy richness. On the palate, it is rich, velvety and seamless in texture before concluding with a finish that is equal parts decadent, deft and elegant. While quite open and generous now, this has enough of a structural rudder to develop beautifully in the cellar over the next 10 years.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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The 2022 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard has a pure, crystalline nose of ripe stone fruits, white flowers, chalky minerality, and hints of minty herbs. This carries to a medium-bodied Chardonnay that has a layered mouthfeel, bright yet perfectly integrated acidity, and a great finish. It has just a kiss of background oak, and as with the other wines from Lato, it opens up beautifully with air. Drink bottles any time over the coming 7-8 years. I wouldn't be surprised to see it keep longer.
The 2022 Chardonnay Sierra Madre Vineyard Le Souvenir is another super-classic wine from Paul Lato. This is quintessential Santa Maria in the glass. Tangerine peel, passionfruit, spice, ripe peach and a kiss of French oak are all laced together in this wonderfully expressive, nuanced Chardonnay. This is such a fine edition.