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From a seven-hectare southwest-facing parcel comes Sauvignon Blanc reimagined—partial barrel fermentation transforms this into a wine led by texture rather than aromatics

The sherry-cask finish adds dried fruit and nutty complexity to the grape spirit's foundation

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Fresh quince and plum fruit initally on the nose

North American Press Lake County Kelsey Bench Lenoir Hero's Journey 2024 Wine Bar | Featured White with the pencil-shaving edge thatLenoir is a grape that gets used and never credited, a tough American variety long grown in Texas and prized for shrugging off the pests and diseases that flatten European vines. Matt Niess thinks it deserves a bottle of its own. He founded North American Press in 2019 after a decade of Burgundian winemaking at Radio Coteau, and now works exclusively with North America's native grapes and hybrids: vines that handle California's climatic extremes