2021 Smith Madrone Estate Chardonnay Oregon Red Luís Pato is a legend Luís Pato is a legend in Portuguese wine — his father João was the first producer to bottle wine in Bairrada after its demarcation ension and purity that stop you cold — the 2022 Daniel Twardowski "Pinot Noix Hofberg Réserve" is organically farmed Pinot Noir from two small plots within the Dhroner Hofberg Grand Cru where 40 to 70 year old Riesling rootstock was grafted with Ponsot and DRC clones The 2021 Smith Madrone Estate Chardonnay is barrel fermented and aged 10 months in 50% new French oak from the estate's coolest north facing slopes at elevation Grown on dry farmed volcanic Spring Mountain soils in one of California's finest vintages of the century — a severe drought year that decimated yields but concentrated everything that made it into the bottle to extraordinary levels — this is a Chardonnay built for the cellar as much as the table