Once & Future Napa Valley Petite Sirah Palisades Vineyard 2022 SPDESSERT mineral and tense

mineral and tense

This *Brut Zero* cuvée is sourced exclusively from the chalky slopes of Cramant

The volcanic soil is so nutrient-poor and stony that it challenges the very definition of agricultural soil

Mark Pisoni sources from the family's Pisoni and Soberanes vineyards — two of the most pedigreed Chardonnay sites in California — and treats the fruit gently: native fermentation

and dark fruit sweetness to rye's natural spice

Once & Future Napa Valley Petite Sirah Palisades Vineyard 2022 SPDESSERT mineral and tenseJoel Peterson founded Ravenswood and effectively wrote the modern playbook on California Zinfandel. After selling Ravenswood, he started Once & Future to get back to the small lot, old vine, sensitive to site work he loved in the first place. As Joel puts it, Napa would be famous for Petite Sirah if it weren't for Cabernet. Palisades is a narrow vineyard tucked under the cliffs east of Calistoga, planted to old 8x8 head pruned vines that deliver black