Jolie Laide Suisun Valley Pinot Gris Queen of Swords 2025 CS20230804 Neither rich nor oaky

Neither rich nor oaky

terroir-honest

The extensive bottle aging rounds out the edges of the sake’s flavor and creates overall smoothness

2019 was a strong

and this is the bottle that proves it

Jolie Laide Suisun Valley Pinot Gris Queen of Swords 2025 CS20230804 Neither rich nor oakyPinot Gris that thinks it might be a rose, or maybe an orange wine, or maybe just itself. Scott Schultz pulls fruit from a single organic Suisun Valley vineyard southeast of Napa, picks early, and does a two day whole cluster cold soak that pulls a delicate pink hue and just enough phenolic grip out of the skins. Native fermentation in a mix of neutral puncheon and stainless steel preserves the aromatics; six months on lees in neutral cooperage adds