Frenchtown Farms North Yuba Blanc de Noir Apogee 2021 051826OFFER Trousseau's trick is that it

Trousseau's trick is that it looks light and tastes serious: bright ruby in the glass

earthy gentian followed by more gentle traces of juniper

Extraterrestrial meets aperitif in this singular vermouth from Bologna's Gotha Spiriti Nobili

and immediately likable

From a producer who

Frenchtown Farms North Yuba Blanc de Noir Apogee 2021 051826OFFER Trousseau's trick is that itDon't let the name fool you: Apogee is a sparkling Blanc de Noir made entirely from Cabernet Sauvignon, methode champenoise, from Aaron and Cara Mockrish's Frenchtown Farms in the high North Yuba AVA. The Mockrishes came to Sierra Foothills farming after a bottle of Clos Saron's Black Pearl pulled them off course, learned at Gideon Beinstock's side, and now tend old, own rooted, dry farmed blocks at Renaissance Vineyard. Apogee spends a year in barrel