{"product_id":"en-cavale-who-goes-there-2023-skin-ferment-white-california","title":"En Cavale  'Who Goes There?'  2024  Skin Ferment White  California","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e750ml bottle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12% abv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA salty and textured skin fermented blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Albariño, and Verdelho.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA blend of Sauvignon Blanc (around 75%), and equal parts Verdelho and Albariño, with an average of 3.5 weeks skin contact across the varieties. Verdelho and \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAlbariño are co-fermented and pressed to neutral oak barrels. The S\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eauvignon Blanc is pressed off to 3 and 5 year old A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecacia barrels in a nod to a few Loire producers who have inspired Chad and Wolfgang, namely Villemade, Courtois, and Puzelat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe components are assembling about a year after elevage, and typically given a small SO2 addition at this point (approx 15 ppm), and then parked in tank for further aging, around 3-6 months, prior to bottling.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eUsually this wine recalls a mediterranean white wine with light skin contact, but this vintage really leans into the Loire of it all. Bienvenue en Californie!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThis bottling was named after a story from John W. Campbell Jr. called “Who Goes There?” that was later made into John Carpenter’s 1982 masterpiece “The Thing,” about a group of scientists that settle into the long Antarctic winter with some pull-top beers, a bunch of whiskey, and a strange dog that turned up at their camp chased by a helicopter that later crashed on the ice. Turns out the dog is a shape-shifting alien lifeform capable of consuming all of humanity should it escape Antarctica! Both of these adaptations reveal the anxiety and doubt that lurks just beneath the surface of nearly all human endeavors. This wine was made in the spirit of conquering anxiety and charging ahead into the darkness of the unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEn Cavale is a collaboration between good friends \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWolfgang Weber and Chad Hinds (Iruai). Their idea was to team up and make soulful, accessible expressions of old-school Californian wine with a hat tip to many of their favorite wines from France and Italy. All of the fruit is sourced from organically-farmed vineyards and extreme care is practiced in the cellar with native yeasts carrying out fermentations, sulfur additions kept to a minimum (if any are made at all), and no filtration.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revel Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51824393093426,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/3206\/7378\/files\/1_aa22e21b-127e-41a8-8367-b315fac18a18.webp?v=1789607241","url":"https:\/\/slakesf.com\/products\/en-cavale-who-goes-there-2023-skin-ferment-white-california","provider":"SLAKE San Francisco Bottle \u0026 Sundry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}