2018 Ultramarine Rose Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast SImone Bize Dominique is still intimately involved

Dominique is still intimately involved in the cellar and vineyard when he isn’t traveling abroad working on collaborative cuvées

aka Chenin Blanc--but is a rare bird even here in its native Loire

Verso is an orangish/white natural wine made from a blend of 85% Sauvignon Blanc and 15% Sémillon co-fermented in qvevri and inox tanks

and ages on the gross lees for 11 months

has a sapidity reminiscent of the great hot-clime varietals such as Vermentino

2018 Ultramarine Rose Heintz Vineyard Sonoma Coast SImone Bize Dominique is still intimately involvedThe 2018 Heintz Ros is 51% Pinot Noir (10% as red wine) and 49% Chardonnay. Dosage is at 6 g L. From winemaker Michael Cruse: Lean and mineral, metal with white strawberries.