Folk Machine Clarskburg Chenin Blanc Merritt Island Vineyard 2025 PET-NAT sparkling profile

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More than thirty hybrid grape varieties grow tangled across these Dry Creek Valley slopes alongside hillside Cabernet Sauvignon

Vivid scents

This blend of Chardonnay

this tribute wine is celebrated for its rich

Folk Machine Clarskburg Chenin Blanc Merritt Island Vineyard 2025 PET-NAT sparkling profileChenin Blanc from the organic Wilson Vineyard on Merritt Island, a low lying patch in the Sacramento Delta where the river breezes hold acidity high. Inspired by the Loire, Kenny ferments unhanded native yeasts, no commercial additives in a mix of stainless and concrete egg. The wine leans on the austere, almost reductive side, with texture and tension doing the heavy lifting rather than ripe fruit. Now in its sixth plus vintage from the site, it has