Tessier 'Soul Love' Red/White Blend 2024 (750 ml)

Source
A tribute to David Bowie that’s as delicious. A glou-glou blend of three varietals including skin-contact Riesling and Gamay from Arroyo Seco and Mourvedre from El Dorado. Best served with a chill.

Picked
2024 harvest blend

Process
Individual native ferments are each aged three months on the lees in stainless steel. Blending trials guide us to the perfect balance.

Analysis
Light red color with magenta hues. Aromas of cinnamon and pepper with guava, Hibiscus and strawberry with soft tannins.

ABV 12% 
Cases 300
Final PH 3.4
S02 20 ppm

Song Pairing “Soul Love” by David Bowie, The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy
Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)

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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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