2019 Cruse Wine Co ''Rorick Heritage'' Muscat, Sierra Foothills, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE This wine comes from a unique site high in the Sierra Foothills just outside of the town of Murphys. The vines come from a block of Muscat planted in the mid 90s, planted in the rocky schist soils that the vineyard is known for. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Michael Cruse was born and raised in Northern California and prides himself on producing wines that are unabashedly Californian and inherently delicious. Michael came to the wine business

Domaine Billaud-Simon makes a Chablis Villages “Tête d’Or”

the wine sees spontaneous fermentation on the skins in concrete tanks for 10-15 days with indigenous yeast in amphorae

Each can is pure craft wine

preferring to allow the dissolved CO2 to remain in the wine as protection rather than risk the addition of SO2 in deference to “modern market requirements”

Production is very limited (about 40

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They are guided by their father Remy who has worked in their vineyards for decades with his brother Claude

The same goes for their Xarel-lo and Malvasía

simple pleasures and conviviality

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Thomas Pico started his tiny estate in Courgis in 2005

The 2020 Confidences de Prieuré-Lichine is a blend of 80% Merlot and20% Cabernet Sauvignon