North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 MH borderline-feral character that cool-climate Syrah

borderline-feral character that cool-climate Syrah does better than any grape in California

brioche and toast

ripe and balanced

conditions that would humble most European vines

very delicious

North American Press Suisun Valley Sparkling Catawba Pariah 2023 MH borderline-feral character that cool-climate SyrahIn the 1850s, the most celebrated wine in America was sparkling Catawba. Longfellow liked it enough to write a poem about it. Then vine disease, Prohibition and fashion buried the grape, and Catawba became a punchline, which is exactly why Matt Niess named this bottling Pariah. He hand harvested a single row of dry farmed Catawba in Suisun Valley's alluvial soils and gave it the full traditional method treatment: second fermentation in the bottle,