2022 Stirm Wine Co. 'Calcite' White Table Wine, Cienega Valley, USA Frantz Saumon the wines express more varietal

the wines express more varietal fruit with expansive mid-palate flavors than the soil-driven minerality of Mount Eden estate wines

Hans Reisetbauer

2015 Chateau de Bois-Brincon Coteaux du Layon Les Varennes

Maceration and proportions of whole-cluster vs destemming vary each vintage depending on the sanitary state of the grapes

2022 Stirm Wine Co. 'Calcite' White Table Wine, Cienega Valley, USA Frantz Saumon the wines express more varietal48% Chardonnay (Cienega Road Vineyard, Cienega Valley), (48%), 52%Riesling (Wirz Vineyard, Cienega Valley). The grapes were picked by hand over several passes between three different vineyards. At the winery the grapes were given 24 hours of whole cluster maceration to extract tannins, aroma, and flavor compounds in the skins (Riesling Scheurebe) and direct press (Chardonnay). No sulfur was added to allow the juice to oxidize. After a 36 hour cold