Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 subtle oak

subtle oak

Elyse has been stewarding this vineyard for more than 25 consecutive vintages

One of Southern Italy's most exciting white wines

20% malted barley—runs through a Vendome copper column still and 375-gallon doubler

she was likely working with recipes handed down to her from past generations

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 ABC321 subtle oakMelon de Bourgogne is the grape of Muscadet, and finding it in California is genuinely rare. The Schultzes source theirs from Rodnick Farm in the Chalone AVA, a high elevation south facing site planted in 1985 that overlooks the Salinas Valley. Warm days, cool nights, and a coastal pull give the wine a mineral spine that nods toward its Loire homeland while still tasting unmistakably Californian. Native ferment in neutral cooperage keeps everything