2023 Field Recordings Chalone ShucksIn the mountains above Soledad, at the base of the Pinnacles National Monument, lies the 50 year old La Puesta block. At a time when varieties were mixed up, the Melon grapes were originally planted as Pinot Blanc. Gradually, the vines were replanted with true Pinot Blanc, and today, the actual vineyard mix is unknown. We get a random assortment, picked early in the season to ensure the freshest possible acidity. Aged on its lees until bottling for
A sweet and harmonic palate
Very versatile at the dinner table
Semi-sweet
Remelluri became the first single-estate/monopole Rioja of the modern era with its release of the 1971 vintage
When I taste this wine
including strawberry
in-row cultivation
with bright acidity enlivening delicately woven flavors of cherry
medium weight
Satiny in texture
and expanded sales to an international client base
it is whole-cluster fermented with native yeasts and bottled unfiltered with very little sulfur