Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Calcite 2024 SPRHONE and the resulting white blend

and the resulting white blend reads classical and saline rather than tropical: think a Pessac-Leognan-inflected California white with mountain grip and Pacific freshness

and roasted hazelnuts

now in its fifth generation

Wildly drinkable and bursting with hop aroma

produces every barrel

Stirm Wine Co. Cienega Valley Calcite 2024 SPRHONE and the resulting white blendRiesling (44%) Chardonnay (56%). Calcite is the predominate geologic parent material of the soils found in the Cienega Valley; its an ancient type of limestone which is extremely rare in CA. This wine represents the typicity of the regions alkaline soils and the dynamic of the warm day cold night diurnal shift climate, which balances ripeness and retained freshness. Grapes were hand harvested over several passes between three different vineyards, from