Stagiaire Wine Sea Shells She Sells 2018
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| Management number | 253563575 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.40 | Model Number | 253563575 | ||
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Sea Shells She Sells is 100% Sauvignon Blanc sourced from the Feliz Creek vineyard, located just west of Hopland in Mendocino County. The vines are organically farmed, dry-farmed, and no-till — and are actively dying from phylloxera. That stress translates directly into the wine: tiny clusters, low yields, and deeply concentrated fruit.
The 2018 was direct pressed and barrel fermented, then aged on full lees for nearly 12 months. No additions, no sulfur — a true zero-zero wine. The lees aging adds weight and texture to what could otherwise be a lean, angular variety, while the phylloxera-stressed fruit contributes a tautness and mineral precision rarely found in California Sauvignon Blanc.
Winemaker Brent Mayeaux returned to California in 2018 after stints in France and Australia, where he worked with natural wine producers including Philippe Bonard in the Jura. That European sensibility — letting the vineyard lead, intervening as little as possible — defines how he approaches every bottle.
Hopland sits in the warmer, inland portion of Mendocino County, where alluvial and loamy soils run along creek corridors and diurnal temperature swings of up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit preserve natural acidity. The Sanel Valley, which encompasses Hopland, falls under the broader Mendocino AVA.
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