2024 Les Lunes North Coast Nouveau

Region: North Coast AVA < CA

Grapes:  50% Pinot noir, 30% Syrah, 20% Chardonnay

Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Farmed organically by the Les Lunes team throughout Sonoma County, soils ranging from deep gravelly loam on the Chardonnay, decomposed volcanic deposits with the Syrah, and Bay mud sediment with the Pinot; hand harvested; fermented separately; Chardonnay underwent 6 day Carbonic Maceration; Pinot noir, destem 5 days on skin; Syrah, whole cluster ‘Reversee’ method; blended just prior to bottling, unfined/unfiltered, with 10ppm SO2.; 13% ABV

Winemaker: Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig

• North Coast take on classic Beaujolais Nouveau
• Farmed organically by Les Lunes
• Light, chillable red with crunchy tannins
• Fresh, fruity, juicy
• A touch of carbonic bubblegum
• Light, crunchy tannins
• Crowd pleasing

More about Les Lunes
Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig are one of the OG natty California winemaking duo, making Les Lunes and Populis wines for nearly a decade.  They farm and manage over 8 acres of vineyards in Napa and Sonoma themselves, in order to ensure 100% organic, zero-input fruit. And their production facility is literally the basement of Shaunt’s parents’ house in Orinda, just east of Berkeley, which allows them to produce wine without the interference of other wineries’ yeasts or influences.