(95-97 points) The 2024 Chardonnay Overline, tasted from tank just prior to bottling, shares remarkable similarities with the 2023, but with everything dialed up. It’s another wine that balances inner tension with plush, unctuous textures and unreal density. The depth of the minerality and tactile zip of the acids here join together in effortless harmony. I can't wait to taste this from bottle. - Billy Norris

Using fruit from a vineyard in Carneros owned by the Lede family, this Chardonnay brings together three clones from three distinct blocks: Old Wente, Hyde, and Mount Eden. The site represents a new development for the Lede family, with former Cliff Lede winemaker Laura playing a key role in re-establishing the collaboration. The wine was aged for 11 months in 50% new French oak, followed by 5 months in stainless steel before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. The 2024 vintage is incredibly pure, bright, and lifted, showing expressive notes of citrus, tropical fruit, and white peach. Layers of saline and wet-stone minerality add depth and vibrancy, while the long finish is full-flavoured, finely mineral, and driven by captivating energy and tension. Sphaerics was founded in 2022 by Brian Ball and Laura Jones, a husband-and-wife team of wine industry veterans. The wines are made by Laura, who fine-tuned her Chardonnay and Pinot Noir winemaking skills during a 5-year tenure at Aubert and a stint at Domaine Armand Rousseau.

Seductive aromas of sliced lemons, chalk, wet stones, pastry, citrus blossom and beeswax. The palate is taut and precise with a long line of acidity, generous texture and a classical yet refreshing mineral-edged finish with a real old world feel. This is an excellent chardonnay and overdelivers for its $65 USD price tag, made in a true Burgundy style with precision and focus. Drink or hold.

The bright yellow 2024 Chardonnay Overline captures exactly the magical vintage winemaker Laura Jones was hoping for, with hot days in early July arriving at the perfect moment. Coming from Carneros, the wine balances fresh fruit and lift with notes of flinty wet stones, peaches, white pepper, lime oils, and delicate spice. Full-bodied yet incredibly focused, it remains refreshing, bright, and long, with a mouthwatering, cleansing finish. Drink over the coming 10-12 years.

A stunning white, offering a refined mix of white tea, lime leaf, Meyer lemon and Himalayan salt, with details of vetiver and yuzu curd, plus a whiff of lemon blossoms. Lime leaf, sleek and mouthwatering acidity, and a firm structure bring focus and intensity to the flavors. Long finish. Drink now through 2039. 500 cases made.