The Juice
ABV
3.5%
LAND
Bien Nacido
VINTAGE
2022
TASTING NOTE
Grenache Blanc. Easy to welcome, harder to understand.
If you were to define her as one of the crusades, Grenache Blanc would be every last one of them. There’s a history to her that we try to understand but ultimately, we can’t. Destined to forever give off the sophomoric brightness of youth, she is also grounded in her more stoic undertones. Slightly bitter, she’s part Calamansi- that subtle hint of sweetness mixed with the saltiness of tears- heartbreak infused with a better tomorrow. And all we know is that it feels so good to feel her. To taste her. To swallow her. And to top it off, she’s a piquette- short on time, she is a subtle whiff of jasmine on the first days of an early Spring night, when the wind blows, and the sea salt is present carrying with it a humidity that ends up mixed on the backside of your palate. She is softness, heat, and flowers. Built upon the excitement of an all-too early morning. Picked early, she is “green” in the best of ways, truly, nothing except pure potential, bottled.
Grenache Blanc
Low ABV, Yeah You Know Me Piquette
ABV
12.5%
LAND
Santa Barbara County
VINTAGE
2022
TASTING NOTE
She’s a wine that’s a cheeky homage to her more serious Austrian siblings. We set out to make a true minimal-intervention wine that explored the nuances of an old-world Grüner but was cast in the sun-drenched hills of new world California. Taking natural to a different depth, our Grüner Veltliner (literally) leveled herself up in Solera. She’s a serious mineral-forward wine with delightful Granny Smith apple twist. Her subtly herbaceous notes are due to both her whole-cluster pressing and the terroir of the vineyard in proximity to the sea cliffs of the Great Northern Pacific Ocean. Native yeast, she is a 100% California beach babe.
Grüner V “A California Sherry”
ABV
11.5%
LAND
Bianchi Bench, Monterey
VINTAGE
2021
TASTING NOTE
She’s the kind of wine that no one has a bad memory of. She maintains a brightness that Pinot Gris doesn’t typically show but, much like the land that she’s from, is stalwart in her own sense of self. A little austere at first, she draws from her own presence. There is a sense of green, of youthfulness- of Yuzu and early-harvested Anjou pear. Displacing the normal views of a typical Pinot Gris, The OG Pinot Gris is distinct. The first time we fell in love with her, it was just south of six am on an all-too warm day at the beginning of harvest. The winds from the Bianchi Bench, above Big Sur had already blown off but there she was sun-kissed and holding strong, wondering what she was to become. And if you’ve ever had the chance to smile about what something could become, this was the girl you were smiling about. The initial fermentation held a minerality that has never been lost. She is expressly indicative of her terroir- a land, placed somewhere between the winds of the Great Northern Pacific and the land of Steinbeck. The Valley, the dust. Wet mornings that ease into the day- all the softer parts of a late summer evening in the country.
“The OG, PG” Pinot Gris, 1.5
ABV
12.3%
LAND
White Hawk Vineyard
VINTAGE
2021
TASTING NOTE
If there was love at first sight, with all the presence and lust that comes with it, this girl is that. Love stories are deeply personal because when it comes to what we want and the lengths we’re going to go to-in both love and wine- everything is subjective. What isn’t subjective, is the joy that flows with both. And what flows from our “Gay, Syrah, Syrah” is something so familiar, you’re filled with a heady rush of nostalgia that is a delicious contrast to her pyrazines. Like the skin of a Meyer Lemon, softening and warming her in the late-afternoon sun, her flavor deepens but not at the expense of her structure. At the dinner table, food is served, scents of bell pepper and Syrah glide across your lips, carrying with her the distinctive scent of the loamy, sandy, earth she grew up in. There is clay, there is musk., there is a velvety wetness that forces you to lean hard into her.
Syrah: The Gay, Syrah Syrah!
ABV
11.5%
LAND
Santa Barbara County
VINTAGE
2021
TASTING NOTE
There is a beach with white sands, clear waters and a singular palapa to plop yourself under with a book. The warm winds carry with them a light ocean spray and the earthy scent from the palm fronds that shield you from the tropical sun. This is the moment you’re supposed to be in and the Pinot Gris 2.0 is the drink you’re supposed to have as you soak in that moment. A chilled contrast to the warmth of the seaside, you taste her. She is bold with a delicate hint of honeysuckle. Mid-palate, her brightness becomes tangy with a slight relish of green mango. Just as the verdant lands she grew in, she is versatile; as easily put on ice for a warm day or consumed at cellar temp to warm you up on a cool evening. Swallowing, you feel her texture and become lost in what is her inherent minerality. She is a dichotomy unto herself- both piquancy and a subtle silkiness. Savoring her to her last drop, eyes closed and body languid, you breathe in as hints of an herbaceous mint flavor roll across your mouth as you take a relaxed breath out. As the sun sets over crystalline waters, you realize that this palapa pounder is a perfect canvas for flavor, infused with all the things necessary to happily soak up her essence.
Pinot Gris 2.0
The Palapa Pounder
ABV
7%
LAND
Santa Barbara County
VINTAGE
2020
TASTING NOTE
One of the most fun and wholly lovely, low-ABV drinks you’ll consume. She’ll send excitement bubbles through your body with her slight effervescence. Like a really good kiss, she is smooth yet passionate- her passion stemming from the core of her structure with the herbal accents of whole cluster pressing. You could sub her for Campari in a Negroni, throw her over ice, or simply enjoy her as is. The second pressing from a brilliant year for California Pinot Gris, her potential recognized immediately upon her harvest. Sienna in hue, she is your connection to nature- cardamom meets naked almond, there’s a balance with her that makes feeds your very own happily ever after.