2023 | Popelouchum Estate Blanc (Grenache Blanc/Gris) | San Benito County | USA

A rare white from Randall Grahm's radical "wines of place" estate — barrel-fermented Grenache Blanc/Gris in tiny quantity.

Popelouchum is the 415-acre San Juan Bautista estate where Randall Grahm — Bonny Doon founder, the original "Rhône Ranger" — is pursuing his most ambitious terroir experiment. This Estate Blanc, roughly 54% Grenache Blanc and 46% Grenache Gris, is barrel-fermented and dry-farmed, made in only around 200 cases: high-acid, mineral, and genuinely distinctive.

A tiny-production white from a California legend's passion project is a collector's curiosity. ~200 cases, dry-farmed, barrel-fermented → a true wine-of-place experiment → you're drinking Randall Grahm's terroir vision.

• ~54% Grenache Blanc, 46% Grenache Gris
• Popelouchum Estate, San Juan Bautista — San Benito County, California
• Randall Grahm — Bonny Doon founder, "Rhône Ranger"
• Barrel-fermented, dry-farmed, ~200 cases

Golden-hued; white peach, citrus and subtle smoky oak over a saline, mineral palate with vivid acidity and white-tablecloth stature. Translation: a serious, textured, high-acid white — mineral and saline with real presence, nothing like everyday Grenache Blanc. A singular bottle from a singular mind.

A rare, tiny-lot white from a California original's terroir estate. Exactly the bottle for someone who collects stories as much as wine.