2019 Folk Machine Jeanne d'Arc Orange Chenin Blanc

Region: Clarksburg AVA < California Grapes: Chenin Blanc Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming; old vines on sandy soils; natural fermentation occurred after six days on the skin, and continued for a month; stainless steel fermentation; bottled unfined/unfiltered with minimal added SO2; 12% ABV Winemaker: Kenny Likitprakong The Folk Machine label comes to us from Kenny Likitprakong and falls under the umbrella of his Hobo Wine Company, which also houses his other labels – Banyan, Camp and Ghostwriter. The name Hobo came from his experience traveling the country in his early 20’s, journaling and pursuing the life of an American hobo. He found that this character was something of a forgotten treasure in our country’s landscape and he makes wine to channel this ideal. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t own any vineyards, nor does he want to. All of Kenny’s projects were founded with a theme in mind, and Folk Machine is where he nestles his more esoteric bottlings, all extremely small produc