Description
100% Picpoul. Organic and sustainably farmed grapes hand harvested from Beato Vineyard (60%) and Derby Vineyard (40%), 100% whole cluster carbonic fermentation with native yeast. Left on the skins for 14 days. Bottled with minimal SO2 added. Unfined and Unfiltered.
Growing up in East Los Angeles, Curt Schalchlin didn’t try his first wine until he was in college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he majored in Business. It was through his part-time job during school at Trader Joe’s that he discovered bottles from all over the world and his casual interest in wine tasting on the weekends turned into an eventual fascination and ultimately, his vocation. Later, Curt took the opportunity to help his friend McPrice Myers, who was starting his own winery. It was while working with McPrice and Russell From, of Herman Story and Barrel 27 wineries, that Curt first fell for Rhône varietals*. A trip to the actual Rhône Valley in France and a conversation with Bernard Gripa—a third-generation grower in Saint Joseph—inspired Curt to start his own wine label and call it ‘Sans Liege’ which means “without allegiance” in French. In his words, Sans Liege is “a relentless search for independence. It is equally aligned with the freedoms of the New World and the heritage of the Rhône Valley, but is careful not to hold too closely to either. Instead, I trust my intuition as to the microcosms of each vineyard site and vine to guide my work through each vintage.”
