Tyler’s home base Justin and Amanda Willett have farmed the 41-acre Mae Estate in the heart of Sta. Rita Hills since 2015, and this bottling comes from the sandier section of the vineyard. The wine is the cool-climate, single-vineyard counterpoint to Tyler’s appellation Chardonnay: a tighter focus, a saltier edge, and the kind of lingering chalky bite that only a great SRH site delivers. Native ferments, restrained oak, all about transparency.