100% Sauvignon Blanc (skin contact)
California, United States
Grapes from Haiku Vineyard, Mendocino County. A CCOF Certified Organic Vineyard. Planted in 1989 and farmed organically since 2005. The vineyard focuses on sustainable viticulture practices and an integrated farming approach with regenerative cultural practices to ensure healthy, rich soils and balanced vines. It’s a bucolic scene, with abundant wildlife making their homes along the property and in Morrison Creek.
The grapes were hand harvested on 8/29/24, then de-stemmed and sent to a stainless steel tank for fermentation. After 3 days of cold soaking, the tank began to show signs of fermentation (spontaneously). The wine received a single short fermentation everyday for 9 days until it was ready for pressing. The wine was pressed from the skins and underwent malolactic conversion, on its own, in tank. The wine continued to age on its pressing lees in stainless until bottling on January 31, 2025. Some SO2 added; no other additional additives or fining treatments. VEGAN
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Chris Christensen never thought winemaking was an actual career path for people who weren’t born into a winery or vineyard until he went on a wine tasting trip to Sonoma during his Junior year at Stanford. Although originally fueled – as Chris himself admits – by the idea that knowing a thing or two about wine might impress girls, Chris’ curiosity about wine quickly turned into a real passion.
As an African American vintner, Chris also works to promote diversity and inclusion in the wine industry through speaking engagements, podcasts, and mentorship opportunities for aspiring vintners and winery owners. His work has earned him much kudos, including a place in the Wine Enthusiast’s 40 Under 40 industry shakers in 2020. Praised for both his activism and self-taught yet skilled winemaking, Christensen is indisputably one of the figures to watch in the American wine industry, and we’re extremely happy that we can do so with a glass of his/our Where’s Linus? juicy wine in hand.
