Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 MH working with the region's traditional

working with the region's traditional grapes from the scree slopes of Mont Granier

Eleven months is a substantial finishing period—long enough for the Chardonnay character to genuinely integrate rather than just coat the surface

Lee is a classic Bourbon that is remarkably complex and smooth

a completely different animal: mostly Sauvignon Blanc with a little Semillon

The result is a truly handmade sloe gin that is subtle

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 MH working with the region's traditionalMelon 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