Frenchtown Farms 'Limited Hangout' 2024 White Wine Sierra Foothills

750ml bottle

13.1% abv

Crisp & aromatic. Deeply vinous nose & palate. Restrained citrus and orchard fruit with crushed stone and tart, nervy acidity.

40% Picpoul, 40% Chenin Blanc, 20% Petit Manseng

From the Saureel Vineyards in El Dorado, the Limited Hangout was carefully harvested by us in the early mornings over three separate picks for each variety, according to its perfect ripeness, and driven home before the heat of the day was upon the clusters. Gently loaded into our large basket press, we gave the grapes a quick stomp before a slow and gentle press.

Fermented in one of our largest stainless tanks (named Hubert) until dry and then barreled down in a mix of old French Oak and stainless barrels for 10 months before racking and assemblage.

The key to this wine is our awesome relationship with the grower who lets us show up and pick with our own people, weigh ourselves out, and get on the road without any delays or rough handling of the clusters.

30ppm Total SO2 at racking.

"We interact with every vine personally, making decisions that shape the future of the vineyard as well as the final wine in bottle for that vintage. We consider the events of the past season, try to predict the coming months weather, and attempt to give each vine exactly the amount of work that it wants to do for the year."

Aaron & Cara Mockrish ended up in North Yuba County with the intention of establishing a farm, but a bottle of Clos Saron Black Pearl 2008 sent them off on an unexpected path to winemaking. Having tasted the wine, they found that the man who made it lived near to their farm. It was there, in Oregon House, California, that they found Gideon Beinstock, his tiny home vineyard, and their future.

They began learning from Gideon, working in the vineyards to the winery and everything in between, and it was clear that not only was this the life for them, that this was a singular place and the wines were unlike anything else. Shortly after producing their first vintage in 2015, they were able to secure access to a large portion of the Renaissance Vineyards, where they have been carefully farming multiple blocks of old, own-rooted, and dry farmed vines. In addition to their work at the Renaissance Vineyard, Aaron and Cara are establishing new vines on the steep, rocky slopes of their home vineyard, as well as tending to a 12-acre plot of mixed varieties in Grass Valley.

The hard work in the vineyard and cellar are clear when you taste the wines of Frenchtown Farms. They are part of a tradition while carving out a singular voice of their own.