Los Chuchaquis San Benito County Sparkling Sangiovese Super Bueno 2024 October2023Reductions vibrant fruit of a great

vibrant fruit of a great Cru Beaujolais or cool climate Pinot Noir

From the producer: An ode to our smallest yet most essential still

deep purple color

leaning on neutral oak and old-vine concentration rather than extraction

Los Chuchaquis San Benito County Sparkling Sangiovese Super Bueno 2024 October2023Reductions vibrant fruit of a greatRyan Stirm thinks sparkling wine should be spritzy and refreshing rather than solemn, and Super Bueno is the argument. It's Sangiovese from the Gimelli Vineyard in the Cienega Valley, bush vines planted in 1960 on pure limestone, one of the strangest and most compelling patches of dirt in California. Rather than the Champagne method, the wine finishes its fermentation in the bottle, col fondo style, so it comes out cloudy, gently fizzy and alive. It's