Maitre de Chai Sonoma Mountain Skin Ferment Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2023 MARQUE Sonoma Coast fruit in a

Sonoma Coast fruit in a strong 2022 vintage gives bright

Guigal had fully hit their stride at Château de Nalys

The result is Sancerre with real grip and texture — a far cry from the lean bistro version of the wine

and refreshingly unorthodox

eventually leasing vines from Matthieu and bottling his first Cornas in 2006

Maitre de Chai Sonoma Mountain Skin Ferment Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2023 MARQUE Sonoma Coast fruit in aThe skin contact riff on Matre de Chai's Ellison Sauvignon Blanc, drawn from the same 1969 planted Sonoma Mountain vines. A bit of time on the skins plus a touch of botrytis in 2023 pushes the wine into deeper, more aromatic territory: rose petal, orange peel, dried flowers, tangerine oil, nutmeg. Whole cluster pressed, native yeast fermented in neutral oak. Not a hard edged orange wine but a textural, perfumed white with extra grip and dimension. For