2024 D'Alfonso Curran Grenache Blanc, Santa Barbara, CaliforniaABOUT THIS WINE Sourced from carefully selected vineyards across Santa Barbara County, this Grenache Blanc reflects the region's unique combination of abundant sunshine and cooling Pacific Ocean influences. The grapes are harvested to preserve freshness and aromatic intensity before undergoing gentle pressing and cool fermentation. A period of lees aging enhances texture and complexity while maintaining the variety's natural vibrancy. The 2024 vintage

Agnès Paquet is a first-generation winemaker in Burgundy whose family had owned vineyards near Beaune since the 1950s but had always leased the land to other producers

The vines are cultivated on steep slopes with a southern exposure (lieu-dit Fourvier) and on high slopes with eastern and south-eastern exposure (localities Le Plomb and L'Arselie)

The smallest of Diel’s holdings (1 hectare) are within the Pittermännchen vineyard which benefits from south-facing slopes and mineral soils of slate

the largest owner of Mencia plantings in Bierzo

Napa Valley based winery founded by husband and wife

Farming is sustainable and rooted in organic principles

The wine is matured in old oak barrels to preserve purity of fruit and minerality

The 2019 vintage

The tannins from both bench and foothill locations create a

Puligny Montrachet

she was able to strike out on her own and founded Weingut Eva Fricke

without question