Clos Saron "Carte Blanche" 2019, North Yuba, Sierra Foothills, CA

A co-fermentation of skin contact Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, and Semillon. Medium-bodied, dry, intensely flavored, and fragrant – super friendly orange wine that’s age-worthy if you can resist opening right away.

COUNTRY: United State of America (USA)

STATE: CA

APPELLATION (AVA): North Yuba

REGION: California

SUBREGION: Sierra Foothills

VINTAGE: 2019

GRAPES:  50% Viognier, 35% Sauvignon Blanc, 15% Semillon

PRACTICE: Biodynamic, organic

VINIFICATION: 100% foot-stomped and co-fermented on its skins/stems in an open-top fermenter

STYLE: Still

COLOR: Cloudy light golden orange

BODY: Medium (5-6)

TASTE: Dry

PRIMARY AROMAS: Orange zest, sour grapefruit, clementine, white stone fruit

FLAVOR: High acidity, concentrated, and intense

FORMAT: 750 ml

ALCOHOL: 12.5%

SERVICE AND SUGGESTION:
We recommend pairing with our dish from Casserole & Sommelier, Maryland Blue Crab with Grand-Père Sauce (recipe here).

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: 
It all started with a half-acre of Cabernet Sauvignon, planted in the “wrong” place. Early in 1995, Gideon Beinstock and his wife Saron were asked by their friend Leonard if they wanted to take over his small (0.5 acre) vineyard and make some wine for themselves. Gideon asked if Leonard would let them experiment with grafting it over to Pinot Noir. He said yes, and Saron proceeded to graft these 400 vines to Pinot; they also doubled the vineyard density by “own-rooting” a Pinot vine between every two grafted ones. This is how their “Old Block” came to be. Three years later Leonard sold them this piece of land and Clos Saron was born. 100% foot-stomped, whole cluster.

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