Local Mission Market Wine List, April 2015
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WHITE
BY THE BOTTLE all california & all natural
zippy,, food friendly, little-to-no new zippy n ew oak,
crisp & clean
SPARKLING
Sauvignon Blanc Les Caves Roties de Pente, Sonoma, 2013 34 Albarino Bonny Doon, Central Coast, 2013 38 Chardonnay Broadside, Central Coast, 2012 42 Riesling Dashe, McFadden Farms, Potter Valley, 2013 53
no finer way to start a meal, or to sip throughout
traditional Blanc de Blancs erra Savia, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2009 52 Brut Zaron Wine Cellars, Hopland, NV 57 Riesling Ser, Wirz Vineyard, Cienega Valley, 2012 95 Brut Cuvee Caraccioli, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2008 11 1155 Rosé Ultramarine, Charles Heitz Vineyard, Sonoma, 2010 146 Blanc de Blancs Ultramarine, Charles Heitz Vineyard, Sonoma, 2010 146
petillant naturel naturel Malvasia Bianca Birichino, Monterey, 2013 42 Sauvignon Blanc Blanc wenty Five Reasons, Salinia Wine Co., Mendocino 55 Rosé wenty Five Reasons, Salinia Wine Co., Mendocino 57 Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Anderson Valley 75
sweet & yeasty 54
"Blowout" "Blowout" WDiego ine Project., Ca2014 California, lifornia, Muscat Los Scholium Pilares, SanWine County, 68 2014 Riesling Bonny Doon Vineyards, Monterey, 2006 70 Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Anderson Valley 75 Brut Rosé Caraccioli, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2008 11 1155
bright & acidic Malvasia Bianca Birichino, Monterey, 2013 33 Chardonnay Deux Punx, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2013 38 Chardonnay W Wonderwall onderwall Wine, Edna Valley alley,, 2013 42 Sauvignon Blanc Kivelstadt Cellars, Sonoma, 2014 42 42
Sauvignon Blanc Te NPA, Russian River, 2013 1L Kerner W Wunderkind, underkind, Sonoma, 2013 44 Roussanne & Marsanne Les Caves Roties de Pente, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2013 50 Picpoul Bonny Doon Vineyard, Arroyo Seco, 2013 51 "Rhone Blend" Deux Punx, Sumu Kaw Vineyard, El Dorado, 2013 53 Dry Riesling Calder Wine Co., Napa Valley, 2013 53 (102 in magnum) Grüner Veltiner Baker & Brain, Edna Valley, 2013 54 "Sluice Box" Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2013 58 Grenache Blanc "Vine Starr," Broc Cellars, Central Coast, 2013 63 Riesling Forlorn Hope, Kick-On Ranch, Los Alamos, 2012 67
rich & rounded Roussanne & Viognier Kivelstadt Cellars, Lake County County,, 2014 48 Albarino & Verdelho Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 73 Chardonnay Enfield Wine Co., Wild Horse Valley. 2012 90
ORANGE
RED
white grapes, fermented with their skins
trending light & old word with the terroir of our great state
Wayward Son Wayward Son Kivelstadt, Lake County County,, 2014 49 Pinot Gris Salinia Wine Co., Santa Rosa, 2012 105 magnum Roussanne "Stone Crusher," Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2013 68 Sauvignon Blanc & Albarino Piedrasassi, Central Coast, 2011 80 "Coupe d'Or" Donkey and Goat, El Dorado, 2012 86
light & lively Pinot Noir Nouveau, Scribe Winery, Carneros, 2014 46 Carignane Calder Wine Co., Colombini Vineyard, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2013 52 Pinot Noir Noir "Saint Georges", Birichino, Birichino, Central Coast, Coast, 2013 53 Gamay & Pinot Noir Lo-Fi Wines, Santa Barbara County, 2014 59 Carignan Broc Cellars, Alexander Valley, 2013 67
earthy & luscious
ROSÉ & CHILLED RED from light & refreshing to dark & juicy, juicy, these are are best serve chilled
rose Vin Gris Bonny Doon Vineyard, Central Coast, 2013 31 Mourvedre "wice Removed," Kivelstadt Cellars, Lake County, 2013 40 Grenache & Mourvedre Unti Vineyards, Healdsburg, 2014 45 Grenache Vesper, McCormick Ranch, San Diego County, 2012 55 Grenache A ribute ribute to Grace, Grace, Santa Barbara Barbara Highlands, 2014 2014 54 Grenache, "Isabael's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Mendocino 58 White Zinfandel Zinfandel Broc Cellars, Sonoma, 2013 58 "Kumo to Ame" Forlorn Hope, Amador County, 2013 59
chilled red "Sunhawk" Sun Hawk Farms, Salinia, Mendocino County, 2011 73 "Jambalaia Rouge" Rouge" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 43 Pinot Noir Nouveau, Scribe Winery, Carneros, 2014 46 Gamay & Pinot Noir Lo-Fi Wines, Santa Barbara County, 2014 59
empranillo Field Recordings, Santa Barbra County. 2013 42 Cabernet Franc Field Recordings, Happy Canyon, 2013 42 Blaufränkisch, W Blaufränkisch, Wunderkind, underkind, Sonoma, Sonoma, 2013 44 "Le P'tit Pape" Le P'tit Paysan, San Benito County, 2012 50 Syrah Calder Wine Co., ruchard Vineyard, Carneros, 2012 52 Syrah Charbono Calder Wine Co., Meyer Vineyard, Calistoga, 2012 52 "Piedi Grandi" Grandi" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 57 "Chorus Effect" Field Recordings, Kolgian Vineyard, Paso Robles 59 Cabernet Sauvignon Brea, Margarita Vineyards, Paso Robles, 2012 59 Old Vine Zinfandel Bedrock Wine Company, 2013 59 Syrah "Sumu Kaw," La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 63 Nero D' Avola Broc Cellars, Mendocino, 2013 63 Pinot Noir "Ruinenlust," Neighborhood Vineyards, Paso Robles, 2012 69 "Rocks & Gravel," Edmunds St. John, Dry Creek Valley, 2013 74 Grenache A ribute ribute to Grace, Grace, Santa Barbara Barbara County, County, 2013 75 Nebbiolo Harrington, PasoCarneros, Robles, 2012 Merlot, Vinca Minor, Los 2013 78 98 Mourvedre Dirty & Rowdy, Mendocino, 2012 94
deep & structured Five Tirteen Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2012 84 Cinsault & Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 95 "Home Vineyard" La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 80 Sangiovese Unti, Dry Creek Valley, 2011 101 Mourvedre Dirty & Rowdy, Shake Ridge, Amador County, 2012 104 "Black Pearl" Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2009 11 1155 Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2010 120 Pinot Noir "Les Larmes," Littorai Wines, Anderson Valley 2013 132
EL DORADO COUNTY
DONKEY & GOAT
a region in focus, bottles culled from our list
a winemaker in focus, bottles culled from our list
Te gold (dorado ) mining is long gone. Now, El Dorado blooms with a wine industry,, rooted in old vines and tended by young hands. Nestled in the Siindustry erra Nevada Foothills between Sacramento and South Lake ahoe, the
“We fell in love with the terroir of El Dorado for our Syrah,” says racey Brandt of Donkey & Goat Winery in Berkeley. Inspired by their training with non-interventionist non-interventionist pioneer, pioneer, French winemaker winemaker Eric exier, she she and her husband, Jared, sought sought the vineyards for their first wines. In 2003, they
appellation is notable for its history, diversity in soil composition, complex topography,, and high elevations that create distinct microclimates. Estabtopography lished in 1983, the appellation is home to over seventy wineries and planted with nearly 2,000 vineyard acres. It It may not be completely uncharted uncharted territory,, but many winemakers appreciate the rugged opportunity - what Hardy tory Wallace W allace of Dirty & Rowdy Wines Wines refers to as the “pioneering “pioneering attitude” attitude” – of the region.
found their beloved Syrah (in the Five Tirteen, 2012) and, with it, the region’s “wild west spirit.” oday, more than half of their six-thousand case production is from the El Dorado. Tey currently work with eleven of the twenty-two Rhone varieties including many of the lesser known like Counoise, Cinsault, Picpoul and Clairette - which is one of two known plantings in California.
WHITE "Rhone Blend" Deux Punx, El Dorado, Sumu Kaw Vineyard 2013 53 "Sluice Box" Donkey & Goat, El Doraro, 2013 58 Carte Blanche Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 73 ORANGE Roussanne "Stone "Stone Crusher," Donkey & Goat, El Doraro, 2013 68 Coupe d'Or Donkey and Goat, El Dorado, 2012 68
It's not all obscure varietals from the Sierra Sierra Foothills. Foothills. Tey source their Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Anderson Valley in Mendocino County. Jared andfrom racey true and rigorous rigto orous practitio ners of natural winemaking, theare care forbelievers their vineyards the practitioners fermentation and bottling of their wine-- aged barrels (rather than new oak), naturally-occurring yeasts (rather than industrial yeasts), and add nothing but a hint of sulfur to their wines. Te result is a lineup of of luscious, edgy wines marked by by pronounced acidity and rewarding accessibility. SPARKLING
Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Anderson Valley 75 WHITE
RED "Piedi Grandi" Grandi" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 57 Syrah "Sumu Kaw," La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 63 Five Tirteen Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2012 84 Cinsault & Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 95 "Black Pearl" Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2009 11 1155 Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2010 120 "Home Vineyard" La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 80
"Sluice Box" El Dorado, 2013 58 ORANGE
Roussanne "Stone "Stone Crusher," El Dorado, 2013 68 Coupe d'Or El Dorado, 2012 68 ROSÉ
Grenache, "Isabael's Cuvee," Mendocino 58 RED
Five Tirteen El Dorado, 2012 84 Pinot Noir Helluva Vineyard, Anderson Valley, 2013 62 DESSERT
Late Harvest Chardonnay "Wayward," El Dorado, 2011 55
BY THE BOTTLE all california & all natural
zippy,, food friendly, little-to-no new zippy n ew oak,
crisp & clean
SPARKLING
Sauvignon Blanc Les Caves Roties de Pente, Sonoma, 2013 34 Albarino Bonny Doon, Central Coast, 2013 38 Chardonnay Broadside, Central Coast, 2012 42 Riesling Dashe, McFadden Farms, Potter Valley, 2013 53
no finer way to start a meal, or to sip throughout
traditional Blanc de Blancs erra Savia, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2009 52 Brut Zaron Wine Cellars, Hopland, NV 57 Riesling Ser, Wirz Vineyard, Cienega Valley, 2012 95 Brut Cuvee Caraccioli, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2008 11 1155 Rosé Ultramarine, Charles Heitz Vineyard, Sonoma, 2010 146 Blanc de Blancs Ultramarine, Charles Heitz Vineyard, Sonoma, 2010 146
petillant naturel naturel Malvasia Bianca Birichino, Monterey, 2013 42 Sauvignon Blanc Blanc wenty Five Reasons, Salinia Wine Co., Mendocino 55 Rosé wenty Five Reasons, Salinia Wine Co., Mendocino 57 Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Anderson Valley 75
sweet & yeasty 54
"Blowout" "Blowout" WDiego ine Project., Ca2014 California, lifornia, Muscat Los Scholium Pilares, SanWine County, 68 2014 Riesling Bonny Doon Vineyards, Monterey, 2006 70 Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Anderson Valley 75 Brut Rosé Caraccioli, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2008 11 1155
bright & acidic Malvasia Bianca Birichino, Monterey, 2013 33 Chardonnay Deux Punx, Santa Cruz Mountains, 2013 38 Chardonnay W Wonderwall onderwall Wine, Edna Valley alley,, 2013 42 Sauvignon Blanc Kivelstadt Cellars, Sonoma, 2014 42 42
Sauvignon Blanc Te NPA, Russian River, 2013 1L Kerner W Wunderkind, underkind, Sonoma, 2013 44 Roussanne & Marsanne Les Caves Roties de Pente, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2013 50 Picpoul Bonny Doon Vineyard, Arroyo Seco, 2013 51 "Rhone Blend" Deux Punx, Sumu Kaw Vineyard, El Dorado, 2013 53 Dry Riesling Calder Wine Co., Napa Valley, 2013 53 (102 in magnum) Grüner Veltiner Baker & Brain, Edna Valley, 2013 54 "Sluice Box" Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2013 58 Grenache Blanc "Vine Starr," Broc Cellars, Central Coast, 2013 63 Riesling Forlorn Hope, Kick-On Ranch, Los Alamos, 2012 67
rich & rounded Roussanne & Viognier Kivelstadt Cellars, Lake County County,, 2014 48 Albarino & Verdelho Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 73 Chardonnay Enfield Wine Co., Wild Horse Valley. 2012 90
ORANGE
RED
white grapes, fermented with their skins
trending light & old word with the terroir of our great state
Wayward Son Wayward Son Kivelstadt, Lake County County,, 2014 49 Pinot Gris Salinia Wine Co., Santa Rosa, 2012 105 magnum Roussanne "Stone Crusher," Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2013 68 Sauvignon Blanc & Albarino Piedrasassi, Central Coast, 2011 80 "Coupe d'Or" Donkey and Goat, El Dorado, 2012 86
light & lively Pinot Noir Nouveau, Scribe Winery, Carneros, 2014 46 Carignane Calder Wine Co., Colombini Vineyard, Mendocino, Mendocino, 2013 52 Pinot Noir Noir "Saint Georges", Birichino, Birichino, Central Coast, Coast, 2013 53 Gamay & Pinot Noir Lo-Fi Wines, Santa Barbara County, 2014 59 Carignan Broc Cellars, Alexander Valley, 2013 67
earthy & luscious
ROSÉ & CHILLED RED from light & refreshing to dark & juicy, juicy, these are are best serve chilled
rose Vin Gris Bonny Doon Vineyard, Central Coast, 2013 31 Mourvedre "wice Removed," Kivelstadt Cellars, Lake County, 2013 40 Grenache & Mourvedre Unti Vineyards, Healdsburg, 2014 45 Grenache Vesper, McCormick Ranch, San Diego County, 2012 55 Grenache A ribute ribute to Grace, Grace, Santa Barbara Barbara Highlands, 2014 2014 54 Grenache, "Isabael's Cuvee," Donkey & Goat, Mendocino 58 White Zinfandel Zinfandel Broc Cellars, Sonoma, 2013 58 "Kumo to Ame" Forlorn Hope, Amador County, 2013 59
chilled red "Sunhawk" Sun Hawk Farms, Salinia, Mendocino County, 2011 73 "Jambalaia Rouge" Rouge" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 43 Pinot Noir Nouveau, Scribe Winery, Carneros, 2014 46 Gamay & Pinot Noir Lo-Fi Wines, Santa Barbara County, 2014 59
empranillo Field Recordings, Santa Barbra County. 2013 42 Cabernet Franc Field Recordings, Happy Canyon, 2013 42 Blaufränkisch, W Blaufränkisch, Wunderkind, underkind, Sonoma, Sonoma, 2013 44 "Le P'tit Pape" Le P'tit Paysan, San Benito County, 2012 50 Syrah Calder Wine Co., ruchard Vineyard, Carneros, 2012 52 Syrah Charbono Calder Wine Co., Meyer Vineyard, Calistoga, 2012 52 "Piedi Grandi" Grandi" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 57 "Chorus Effect" Field Recordings, Kolgian Vineyard, Paso Robles 59 Cabernet Sauvignon Brea, Margarita Vineyards, Paso Robles, 2012 59 Old Vine Zinfandel Bedrock Wine Company, 2013 59 Syrah "Sumu Kaw," La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 63 Nero D' Avola Broc Cellars, Mendocino, 2013 63 Pinot Noir "Ruinenlust," Neighborhood Vineyards, Paso Robles, 2012 69 "Rocks & Gravel," Edmunds St. John, Dry Creek Valley, 2013 74 Grenache A ribute ribute to Grace, Grace, Santa Barbara Barbara County, County, 2013 75 Nebbiolo Harrington, PasoCarneros, Robles, 2012 Merlot, Vinca Minor, Los 2013 78 98 Mourvedre Dirty & Rowdy, Mendocino, 2012 94
deep & structured Five Tirteen Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2012 84 Cinsault & Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 95 "Home Vineyard" La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 80 Sangiovese Unti, Dry Creek Valley, 2011 101 Mourvedre Dirty & Rowdy, Shake Ridge, Amador County, 2012 104 "Black Pearl" Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2009 11 1155 Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2010 120 Pinot Noir "Les Larmes," Littorai Wines, Anderson Valley 2013 132
EL DORADO COUNTY
DONKEY & GOAT
a region in focus, bottles culled from our list
a winemaker in focus, bottles culled from our list
Te gold (dorado ) mining is long gone. Now, El Dorado blooms with a wine industry,, rooted in old vines and tended by young hands. Nestled in the Siindustry erra Nevada Foothills between Sacramento and South Lake ahoe, the
“We fell in love with the terroir of El Dorado for our Syrah,” says racey Brandt of Donkey & Goat Winery in Berkeley. Inspired by their training with non-interventionist non-interventionist pioneer, pioneer, French winemaker winemaker Eric exier, she she and her husband, Jared, sought sought the vineyards for their first wines. In 2003, they
appellation is notable for its history, diversity in soil composition, complex topography,, and high elevations that create distinct microclimates. Estabtopography lished in 1983, the appellation is home to over seventy wineries and planted with nearly 2,000 vineyard acres. It It may not be completely uncharted uncharted territory,, but many winemakers appreciate the rugged opportunity - what Hardy tory Wallace W allace of Dirty & Rowdy Wines Wines refers to as the “pioneering “pioneering attitude” attitude” – of the region.
found their beloved Syrah (in the Five Tirteen, 2012) and, with it, the region’s “wild west spirit.” oday, more than half of their six-thousand case production is from the El Dorado. Tey currently work with eleven of the twenty-two Rhone varieties including many of the lesser known like Counoise, Cinsault, Picpoul and Clairette - which is one of two known plantings in California.
WHITE "Rhone Blend" Deux Punx, El Dorado, Sumu Kaw Vineyard 2013 53 "Sluice Box" Donkey & Goat, El Doraro, 2013 58 Carte Blanche Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 73 ORANGE Roussanne "Stone "Stone Crusher," Donkey & Goat, El Doraro, 2013 68 Coupe d'Or Donkey and Goat, El Dorado, 2012 68
It's not all obscure varietals from the Sierra Sierra Foothills. Foothills. Tey source their Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from Anderson Valley in Mendocino County. Jared andfrom racey true and rigorous rigto orous practitio ners of natural winemaking, theare care forbelievers their vineyards the practitioners fermentation and bottling of their wine-- aged barrels (rather than new oak), naturally-occurring yeasts (rather than industrial yeasts), and add nothing but a hint of sulfur to their wines. Te result is a lineup of of luscious, edgy wines marked by by pronounced acidity and rewarding accessibility. SPARKLING
Chardonnay "Lily's "Lily's Cuvee," Anderson Valley 75 WHITE
RED "Piedi Grandi" Grandi" La Clarine Farm, Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 57 Syrah "Sumu Kaw," La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2013 63 Five Tirteen Donkey & Goat, El Dorado, 2012 84 Cinsault & Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2013 95 "Black Pearl" Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2009 11 1155 Syrah Clos Saron, Sierra Foothills, 2010 120 "Home Vineyard" La Clarine Farm, Sierra Foothills, 2012 80
"Sluice Box" El Dorado, 2013 58 ORANGE
Roussanne "Stone "Stone Crusher," El Dorado, 2013 68 Coupe d'Or El Dorado, 2012 68 ROSÉ
Grenache, "Isabael's Cuvee," Mendocino 58 RED
Five Tirteen El Dorado, 2012 84 Pinot Noir Helluva Vineyard, Anderson Valley, 2013 62 DESSERT
Late Harvest Chardonnay "Wayward," El Dorado, 2011 55
