I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP elegant blanc de blancs from

elegant blanc de blancs from the Grand Cru villages of Cramant

From the producer: Mommenpop Orange is California sunshine in a bottle - warm and bright

a nod to the igneous rock underneath: decomposed granite scattered with round pebbles

and the 2021 vintage proved outstanding for white Burgundy

Kirchspiel is one of his two largest holdings in Westhofen

I Brand and Family Cienega Valley Cabernet Franc DeRose Vineyard 2023 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP elegant blanc de blancs fromThe DeRose Vineyard sits directly on top of the San Andreas Fault, which is not a figure of speech. The limestone the fault shoved up out of the ground is precisely why Ian Brand keeps coming back. Brand has built his name on the odd, overlooked corners of the Central Coast, sites nobody else bothers to farm, and this Cabernet Franc is his argument for them. It's the savory, mineral version of the grape: wild red berries, crushed rock, green