JEB DUNNUCK 97 POINTS - "From the Sierra Madre Vineyard in Santa Maria and aged 16 months in 65% new French oak, the 2023 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard delivers Chassagne-Montrachet minerality and white flowers, with beautiful stone and citrus fruits. Medium-bodied, it has a vibrant, pure, focused mouthfeel and salty minerality on the finish. It's another incredibly classy, pure, seamless Chardonnay from Lato that does everything right."
ANTONIO GALLONI 95 POINTS - "The 2023 Chardonnay Sierra Madre Vineyard Le Souvenir has great energy and vibrancy, marrying the reductive, flinty house style with a wash of salty acidity that enlivens the palate. Chamomile, mango, mint and sweet cream unfurl in a voluptuous, full-bodied Chardonnay with real sensuality."
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "The 2023 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard is a more tropical, fleshy and open-knit expression from Paul Lato, while remaining lively and impressively dynamic. Candle wax, mint, salted caramel and honeyed aromas are the prelude to a broad, textural and dense palate flanked with a mouthwatering framing of acidity. The finish is slow-moving, swelling and decadent yet retains an unwavering focus and persistence that deftly carries its sizable frame. I found this one of the more impressive offerings from Santa Maria Valley in the 2023 vintage, and it should have well over a decade of evolution ahead of it."
ANTONIO GALLONI 95 POINTS - "The 2023 Chardonnay Sierra Madre Vineyard Le Souvenir has great energy and vibrancy, marrying the reductive, flinty house style with a wash of salty acidity that enlivens the palate. Chamomile, mango, mint and sweet cream unfurl in a voluptuous, full-bodied Chardonnay with real sensuality."
ROBERT PARKER'S WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "The 2023 Chardonnay Le Souvenir Sierra Madre Vineyard is a more tropical, fleshy and open-knit expression from Paul Lato, while remaining lively and impressively dynamic. Candle wax, mint, salted caramel and honeyed aromas are the prelude to a broad, textural and dense palate flanked with a mouthwatering framing of acidity. The finish is slow-moving, swelling and decadent yet retains an unwavering focus and persistence that deftly carries its sizable frame. I found this one of the more impressive offerings from Santa Maria Valley in the 2023 vintage, and it should have well over a decade of evolution ahead of it."
