Samuel Louis Smith Monterey Pinot Noir Pelio Vineyard 2023 ALTCALI • Taste exclusive releases

• Taste exclusive releases

and Benedikt later revived it

It is made from a secret recipe that includes about 70 botanicals

perfumed lift that is pure Arlot

which is at ground zero for fine wine in the Napa Valley

Samuel Louis Smith Monterey Pinot Noir Pelio Vineyard 2023 ALTCALI • Taste exclusive releasesPelio is one of the most extreme Pinot sites in California: just seven miles from Monterey Bay, planted at 1,000 feet on diatomaceous shale, and farmed organically since the original 2003 planting. The vineyard sits in what's about to become the Carmel Coast AVA, and it pushes the limits of where Pinot can ripen. Sam Smith formerly of Morgan works the fruit with native ferments and whole clusters, letting the site do the talking. The 2023 has the