Samuel Louis Smith Monterey Pinot Noir Pelio Vineyard 2023 NO20230927 Hand-farmed organically

Hand-farmed organically

Where Fiorduva is the showpiece

just west of Boonville and sees large diurnal shifts throughout the summer as fog rolls in to cool down the hot valley

From a tiny four-hectare estate he has run nearly alone since 1983

Samuel Louis Smith Monterey Pinot Noir Pelio Vineyard 2023 NO20230927 Hand-farmed organicallyPelio 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