Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 MH A wine of nearly indescribable

A wine of nearly indescribable finesse

The result is a truly handmade sloe gin that is subtle

mellow enough to drink neat without water

a completely different animal: mostly Sauvignon Blanc with a little Semillon

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 MH A wine of nearly indescribableMelon de Bourgogne is the grape of Muscadet, and finding it in California is genuinely rare. The Schultzes source theirs from Rodnick Farm in the Chalone AVA, a high elevation south facing site planted in 1985 that overlooks the Salinas Valley. Warm days, cool nights, and a coastal pull give the wine a mineral spine that nods toward its Loire homeland while still tasting unmistakably Californian. Native ferment in neutral cooperage keeps everything