2016 I. Brand & Family ''Brosseau Vineyard'' Grenache, Chalone, Monterey County, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE: Planted in the alluvial plain of the Uvas Creek in the Santa Clara Valley over 100 years ago, Besson Vineyard is one of the special heritage vineyards in California. It is a unique Grenache planting not just for its age, but also because its proximity to the Hecker Pass wind gap moderate the climate. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER: After ten years of studying the history, geography, climate and geology of the Monterey Bay area through their Ptit

Viticulture has been present in this area dating back 2

Hydraulic presses of 4

This wine is unfiltered

is gently in progress

ideal for long élevages

Weathered mica schist covered with brown earth provides a nearly perfect soil for growing mineral-driven Rieslings

Vianney owns the Chateau St Jean d’Aumiere

he planted vines and began producing wine from the farm’s enviably situated high-altitude hillsides

Free-run juice then very light pneumatic pressing

The Cornins use only biodynamic farming methods

learned from his father

our family first planted in the Willamette Valley in the 1940's