2 reds 2 whites. NO MORE PURCHASING THIS YEAR BRIAN! DO YOU HEAR ME?
There are roughly as many bottles of Clothing Optional wine as there are California Condors, the critically endangered and largest land bird in North America. Many of the remaining birds fly high above the Gabilan Mountain Range where grapes for these wild wines grow.
Clothing Optional wines are scarce, and like the great Condors, most will never see one, but an experience with them removes all sense of time and leaves you entranced.
Two of these long awaited wines are finally here. Wines will be offered in three packs with an option to add extra bottles of 2016 Chalone AVA White Wine.
These wines are akin to a solo album for winemaker, Hardy Wallace. They vehemently push the boundaries of natural wine with several years in barrel and bottle before release. As a result, the Clothing Optional wines are unlike anything else - lawless, unconventional, and unbelievably expressive. There is zero SO2 added at any time, and they are cloudy and alive. Their purpose is to thread the souls of the land, the drinker, and the naked beyond.
Those that get down with fermented veggies, 20min guitar solos, and clothing optional hot springs perched high above the massive Pacific waters, will be in total harmony with these wines.
Sending you peaks of joy as these rare birds come into view,
Kate, Hardy, Maple, and Hervè
PS: We have aged these wines for years, and they are ready to drink now.
PURCHASE WINE
2016 CHALONE AVA WHITE WINE $45
Soils: Limestone, Granite, Volcanic
Vine Age: 15-45 yrs
Muscat, Chenin Blanc, Roussanne, Marsanne, Viognier
20 months in barrel, 2 years in bottle
2 1/2 barrels produced
Decant 60 minutes prior to serving. Serve cool.
12% Alcohol
Notes: Salted lemonade, fuzzy apricot, frozen flint, and juicy higher vibes under moonlight
2017 SAN BENITO COUNTY “RED” $50
Soils: Limestone, Granite
Vine Age: 100-115yrs.
75% 110 year old white field blend
25% 100+ year old Mission and Mourvèdre
1 year in barrel, 2 years in bottle
1 barrel produced
Decant 90 minutes prior to serving
12% Alcohol
Notes: Hibiscus, guava, “western”, sage & straw, and dusty Pinnacles hikes