Clothing Optional, Muscat Chalone, 2016 061926OFFER refreshing profile

refreshing profile

and absolutely delightful

clay-light Kimmeridgian soils that force vines deep

The Cuvee Longue Garde sees 95% Mourvedre with a touch of Cinsault

Clothing Optional, Muscat Chalone, 2016 061926OFFER refreshing profileA genuinely wild white from one of California's most adventurous winemakers. Clothing Optional is the experimental side project of Hardy Wallace (of Dirty & Rowdy), and this Muscat based white comes from Chalone AVA fruit, roughly half Antle Rodnick Muscat and half mixed whites from Brosseau, with the area's rare limestone, granite and volcanic soils. It's a field blend made with zero added sulfur and a long elevage of around twenty months in barrel