Maitre de Chai Sonoma Mountain Sauvignon Blanc Ellison 2024 SPCALIFORNIA Moulin-a-Vent is the cru with

Moulin-a-Vent is the cru with the most muscle

Ripe cherry

The grapes get five days on the skins

This 2018 has had time to settle and drinks beautifully now with something off the grill

Maitre de Chai Sonoma Mountain Sauvignon Blanc Ellison 2024 SPCALIFORNIA Moulin-a-Vent is the cru withEllison is one of the oldest Sauvignon Blanc plantings in the United States a tiny 1. 5 acre parcel on Sonoma Mountain planted in 1969 and dry farmed by Marty and Alex themselves. Matre de Chai's house style no new oak, native yeast, minimal sulfur, purity of site above all is tailor made for a vineyard this distinctive. Whole cluster pressed and fermented in old oak. The result reads less like a varietal exercise and more like a slow, textural