Frenchtown Farms North Yuba Blanc de Noir Apogee 2021 CALIOTHER A village-level lieu-dit from one

A village-level lieu-dit from one of Gevrey's most exciting young producers — and a wine to know

The Sassettis are unrepentant traditionalists: three years in big Slavonian casks

This half-bottle format is the smart move: a serious

with the salinity and structure to evolve in bottle for years

it is farmed with a real eye toward organics and biodiversity

Frenchtown Farms North Yuba Blanc de Noir Apogee 2021 CALIOTHER A village-level lieu-dit from oneDon't let the name fool you: Apogee is a sparkling Blanc de Noir made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon, methode champenoise, from Aaron and Cara Mockrish's Frenchtown Farms in the high North Yuba AVA. The Mockrishes came to Sierra Foothills farming after a bottle of Clos Saron's Black Pearl pulled them off course, learned at Gideon Beinstock's side, and now tend old, own rooted, dry farmed blocks at Renaissance Vineyard. Apogee spends a year in barrel