2020 Cruse Wine Co. Monkey Jacket

Region: Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Suisun Valley < CAGrapes: Valdiguié, Petite Sirah + a field blend Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic + biodynamic farming, 20% whole cluster; fermented and aged in concrete; bottled unfined/unfiltered with minimal SO2; 13% ABVWinemaker: Michael Cruse NEW VINTAGE!  Bringing back Monkey Jacket from Michael Cruse, another young Cali producer who doesn’t own vineyards, and is constantly on the hunt for organic grape sources all over the Bay Area. So, it’s no wonder that he’s innovating and making wine with all kinds of random grapes. Which totally works with his philosophy of making wine for daily drinking, not wine for cellaring. Like this insanely delicious blend, which is 51% Valdiguié from across Mendocino, Napa, Sonoma, and Suisun, plus super old-vine Carignan, biodynamic Petite Sirah, and a North Coast field blend that gets a bit of whole cluster for lift and freshness. Monkey Jacket (named after a type of jacket worn by sailors, hence t