Luke Lambert Crudo Chardonnay 2024 rey-del-mundo with few pebbles

with few pebbles

with nominally no rain until the season broke in May 2024

floral and fleshy with mouth-filling

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Luke Lambert Crudo Chardonnay 2024 rey-del-mundo with few pebblesWhere previous vintages for the Crudo Chardonnay have come from the red volcanic soils of Tibooburra, more recent bottlings have come off the Denton block, a northwest facing slope of granitic sand over heavy granite boulders. Luke Lambert notes the Denton soils and aspect bring a cleaner acid line to this wine. With such perfect raw materials, Lambert chose to whole bunch press, eschewing any skin contact this year. Otherwise the story, as they say,