Tessier 'Electric Ladyland' Skin Contact Blend 2023 (750 ml)

42% Albarino, 25% Grenache Blanc, 13% Grenache Rose’, 6% Chardonnay and 3% Pinot Gris

A tribute to Jimi Hendrix, this orange blend highlights six unique grapes. Each independantly fermented and ranging in skin-contact. Individual native ferments are finished and aged three months on the lees in stainless steel. Blending trials guide us to the perfect balance and orange color. Unfined and unfiltered. Golden yellow with orange hues. Aromas of pineapple, flint and banana runtz with pear and blood orange on the palate. Served Chilled.

Location: California 

Alcohol: 13% ABV

Total Production: 250 cases

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Tessier Winery was founded in 2009 and focuses on small, hand-crafted lots of wine. In the cellar, we practice native fermentations and minimal intervention to allow each vineyard to speak for itself. We have selectively chosen organic and sustainably farmed family owned and operated vineyards that are in regions that we feel best express the varietals we love and are inspired by.

Kristie Tacey, winemaker and founder of Tessier Winery, is a scientist turned winemaker. A former published research scientist who studied protein pathways, she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area from her native Michigan to pursue a career in biotechnology, which included working on the Human Genome Project. Kristie eventually came to realize that winemaking was her true calling and after working as operations manager and assistant winemaker at an award-winning East Bay winery, she started Tessier in 2009.

Tessier is the result of Kristie’s passion for the art and science of winemaking. She began handcrafting small lots of Pinot Noir and has added Grenache, Pinot Gris, Cabernet Franc, Gamay Noir, Riesling, Syrah and Mourvedre. Kristie’s appreciation of French wines — especially those from Burgundy and the Loire and Rhone valleys — has shaped her winemaking choices. 

With a background in microbiology, Kristie is fascinated by the cycle of life; each vintage of Tessier wines captures and reflects one year in the lives of the vineyards she works with. She sources high-quality fruit from a strong network of farmers in the Anderson Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Arroyo Seco, and El Dorado foothills. She then uses minimal-interventionist winemaking techniques to showcase the unique characteristics of the grapes and the vineyards. For Kristie, sustainability is a priority — not only with the vineyards’ farming practices, but also by having long-term relationships with her growers and customers. These small production wines, an annual production of 1400 cases, get unparalleled attention.

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