Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut Region_Pfalz The producer lists the ungrafted

The producer lists the ungrafted vines at 60 to 90-plus years old

and the wine ferments and ages entirely in concrete: no oak at any stage

The wine is semi-transparent ruby

replanting the family’s historic Saint-Joseph holdings and carrying forward their philosophy: meticulous farming

Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut Region_Pfalz The producer lists the ungraftedThe Land Carneros gets the cold first. The AVA sits at the southern end of Sonoma and Napa, opening directly onto San Pablo Bay, so marine fog pushes through it before it reaches anywhere else in either valley, and afternoon wind follows the fog in. Growing season temperatures run well below what most people picture when they hear Sonoma. Soils are shallow clay loam over a dense, compacted subsoil that limits vine vigor and keeps clusters and berries