Origin: California, USA
Grapes: Valdigue

This Blanc de Noirs is youthful, exotic with melon, fig leaf, sweet basil, and spice. The mousse is powerful with a very fine, high acid palate. It finishes salty and mineral. A serious and refined PétNat. Organic.

Michael Cruse, a native of North California, launched Cruse Wine Co in 2013, after success with his cult sparkling wine Ultramarine. 

He is still rightly renowned for making great sparklings under the Cruse label, as Michael is a believer that sparkling and petillant natural wines are the true lens into the vineyard and its place. His interest has now shifted however, to include rare and wonderful alternative varieties such as Valdiguie, Tannat, Carignan and St Laurent. The Monkey Jacket is his signature wine, despite its modest price!