Hirsch Vineyards Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2024 ALTCALI Le Mont Aimé and Le

Le Mont Aimé and Le Mesnil-sur-Oger

structured and savory rather than jammy — closer in spirit to fine Burgundy than to ripe California

Sicilian rules won't let her name the contrada on the label

where the family has farmed since 1705 and where sandy

Hirsch Vineyards Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2024 ALTCALI Le Mont Aimé and LeThe 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