Ghostnote Wines Gist Ranch Graves Coast Blanc 2024 NO20230726 Think blueberry pie with baking

Think blueberry pie with baking spices

which is part of why the fruit stays vivid instead of stewed

aromatic red that walks a line between elegance and wildness

Chassagne was once better known for its reds - Jean-Marc still takes them seriously

Grown on galets roulés in Saint-Péray's plains

Ghostnote Wines Gist Ranch Graves Coast Blanc 2024 NO20230726 Think blueberry pie with bakingThe name nods to Bordeaux's Graves the historic home of Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon by way of California's coast. Ghostnote sources from Gist Ranch, a high elevation organic vineyard above 2,000 feet in the Santa Cruz Mountains, 17 miles from the Pacific. The grapes get Brad Friedman's signature low intervention treatment, and the resulting white blend reads classical and saline rather than tropical: think a Pessac Leognan inflected California white