Lucia Santa Lucia Highlands Estate Chardonnay 2023 ReasonableCellar2025 the better to allow a

the better to allow a graceful evolution

They assembled the estate in stages on Saint-Émilion's limestone plateau

Aged 65% in concrete and 35% in French oak barrels (30% new/70% used) and as Pierro says

who became the first female winemaker on Forbes' Femmes 40 list in 2024

” referring to the prefecture which is at the northernmost tip of Japan

Lucia Santa Lucia Highlands Estate Chardonnay 2023 ReasonableCellar2025 the better to allow aLucia is the Pisoni family's brand, run by Mark Pisoni from the same legendary Santa Lucia Highlands vineyards that put the region on the world map. The Estate Cuvee Chardonnay pulls from Pisoni and Soberanes two of the most sought after sites in the SLH and gets the family's signature treatment: hand picked, native yeast, French oak. The 2023 vintage was a slow, late one in the Highlands, and the wine shows it: round, rich, and exuberant, with golden