Sans Liege Sancha Marsanne Santa Maria Valley Bien Nacido 2021

Producer notes: "[$35 list] 100% Marsanne. Wind caresses the tall dry grass as you meander along, notebook in hand. Pausing to write the next line you find yourself stymied and resolve instead to sit for a snack near a tiny stream littered with wet stones. You unpack almond shortbread with cardamom, mineral water and the last peach of the season while cursing your mental block. Movement ahead catches your eye - flowing hair the color of lemon curd and a hand that holds a cluster of tiny white flowers. You gasp and grab your pencil, words now flooding onto the page. Only 197 cases of this Bien Nacido Marsanne have been made for the world. 100% barrel fermented with 8 months on the lees this wine is put in French oak, 27% of which is new. Alcohol 13.7%."