Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 Grenache-led but rounded out with

Grenache-led but rounded out with Mourvedre

Manincor's biodynamically farmed Vernatsch from the warmest region of South Tyrol embodies elegance through finesse rather than power

Another component underwent extended five-day fermentation (versus Beam's standard three)

Thierry terroir as our long-time favorite

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 Grenache-led but rounded out withMelon de Bourgogne is the grape of Muscadet, and finding it in California is genuinely rare. The Schultzes source theirs from Rodnick Farm in the Chalone AVA, a high elevation south facing site planted in 1985 that overlooks the Salinas Valley. Warm days, cool nights, and a coastal pull give the wine a mineral spine that nods toward its Loire homeland while still tasting unmistakably Californian. Native ferment in neutral cooperage keeps everything