This is the Cote Chalonnaise doing what it does best: Burgundy from the edges
5L format captures this masterwork at its finest
Produced with minimal new oak to emphasize soil expression and delicate complexity
followed by notes of honey and cereals intertwining in a symphony of aromas
A Blanc de Noirs of pure Pinot Meunier from nearly half century old vines
Extradimensional Wine Co. Yeah! Contra Costa Carignane Evangelho Vineyard 2024 October2023Reductions This is the Cote ChalonnaiseEvangelho Vineyard, planted in Contra Costa's sandy soils around 1890, is one of California's most storied old vine sites a place that, in the right hands, produces wines of unmistakable lift and energy. Hardy Wallace (formerly of Dirty and Rowdy) gets a parcel of those gnarled, ungrafted Carignane vines and treats them with the lightest possible touch: native yeast, stainless and neutral barrel, unfined, unfiltered, low sulfur. The result is a