Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 SPS21 40% Macabeu & 10% Parellada

40% Macabeu & 10% Parellada

The wine's mineral backbone and crystalline acidity make it a masterclass in restrained

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and it drinks with a sense of proportion that's genuinely rare at this address

Jolie Laide Chalone Melon de Bourgogne The High Priestess 2025 SPS21 40% Macabeu & 10% ParelladaMelon 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