Fine Disregard, Grenache Altas Piedras, 2018 no050620 Rolande Beaumet (Eugene's daughter) began

Rolande Beaumet (Eugene's daughter) began estate bottling in 1970

working a small estate in the cool highlands of Radda in Chianti and aging his wines longer than nearly anyone else in the zone

terroir-focused white

If there's one iconic dry sherry

Thomas de Marne brings organic farming ethics and minimal-intervention winemaking to Pinot Noir-dominant sparkling wine

Fine Disregard, Grenache Altas Piedras, 2018 no050620 Rolande Beaumet (Eugene's daughter) beganAltas Piedras means 'high rocks,' and that's exactly what this is: head trained, dry farmed, organically grown Grenache planted in the metavolcanic rock of the eastern Alexander Valley foothills. Mike Schieffelin of Fine Disregard calls his approach here 'lazy winemaking' meaning the vineyard does the work and he stays out of the way. The result is a bright, red fruited, tightly structured Grenache with serious chalky grip, a world away from jammy