{"product_id":"dunites-pet-nat-p-tnat-of-chardonnay-pinot-noir-san-luis-obispo-coast-ca-2025","title":"Dunites - 'Pet Nat' - Pétnat of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir - San Luis Obispo Coast, CA - 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dunites\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ch4\u003e@dunites\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNotes from the Winery\/Importer\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnpretentious and approachable with a touch of nuance. Persistent bubbles bring liveliness to this wine that is loaded with tropical fruits, fleshy peach, and apple flavors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNotes on the Producer\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDunites Wine Company\n\nWe are a small wine brand named after an eclectic group of 1930s metropolitan refugees known as the Dunites who settled in the beach dunes of San Luis Obispo county. This group proudly described themselves as a collection of free thinkers, artists, nudists, and poets. Together they shared meals, cohabited a mutual gathering space, philosophized, dissented, and generally allowed one another to live and express themselves freely outside of the cultural norms of the time.\n\nDrawing inspiration for this project from the remote beauty of the coastal dunes and the progressive ambition of the Dunites to aspire towards a clear goal; to produce pure and elegant wines that respect the coastal influence of vineyard sites located on the uplifted seafloor and ancient sand dunes of the SLO Coast. Combining diverse vineyard sites with traditional techniques in the cellar allow for these small production wines to express the distinct characteristics of their sites.\n\nWe are a husband - wife team who combine our experiences to craft these wines. Together we have worked for over a dozen wineries and vineyards around the world where the people, cultures, and wines have influenced our approach to growing and making wine.\n\nWhile we are not dogmatic, we try to adhere to the following guidelines when possible.\n\nWhole cluster inclusion of varying percentages for aromatic complexity, freshness, and structure\nMinimal use of sulfur and vinification without sulfites lead towards competition between different yeasts and bacteria\nGentle extraction by pigeage (foot treading!) to release juice from the berries without breaking the seeds and stems\nAgeing the wine on healthy lees for protection from oxygen and to promote a smooth, seamless mouthfeel\nMaturation in neutral oak barrels to showcase the great vineyards we work with\nBottling without fining or filtration to not remove anything from the wine. Plus, if we have done our job well then these steps are unnecessary\n\nAbove all, they should be delicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGrapes \u0026amp; Style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eChardonnay\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChardonnay is one of the great white grapes of Burgundy, and one of the most widely planted wine grapes in the world. It has a long history in eastern France, especially Burgundy and Champagne, and DNA work shows it as part of the same broad Pinot and Gouais Blanc family that gave us grapes like Gamay and Aligoté. It’s adaptable, easy enough to grow in many places, and capable of producing everything from simple everyday whites to some of the most ageworthy white wines in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vineyard, Chardonnay buds and ripens relatively early, which makes it useful in cooler climates but vulnerable to spring frost. It tends to do especially well on limestone and calcareous clay, and its relatively neutral fruit profile gives site and cellar choices a lot of room to show. Malolactic fermentation, lees aging, barrel fermentation, and oak can all shape the final wine dramatically.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the glass, Chardonnay can be lean, saline, and citrus-driven, or broad, textured, and orchard-fruited, depending on where it’s grown and how it’s made. Chablis shows the steely, high-acid side; the Côte de Beaune shows depth, texture, and savory complexity; Champagne shows its value as a sparkling-wine base. Good Chardonnay is less about one fixed flavor than about balance, texture, and the way it carries place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePinot Noir\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePinot Noir is one of the old noble red grapes of Burgundy, and still the variety most associated with the Côte d’Or’s ability to translate small differences in site into meaningfully different wines. It’s been known under older names like Morillon, Noirien, and Auvernat, and its history reaches back to medieval northern France. Over time, the Pinot family produced or revealed a whole set of mutations — Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Meunier, Pinot Teinturier, Pinot Noir Précoce — but Pinot Noir remains the central red expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vineyard, it’s famously sensitive. It buds early, so spring frost can be a real issue, and it ripens early enough that warm climates can push it too fast, leaving thin-skinned berries prone to shrivel and sunburn. It prefers temperate climates, calcareous-clay soils, and careful yield control. It’s also susceptible to mildew, botrytis, virus pressure, and plenty of other vineyard headaches, which is part of why great Pinot has such a fragile, hard-won quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the glass, Pinot Noir is rarely about sheer power. At its best, it’s relatively pale, aromatic, and finely structured, with red-fruit notes like cherry and raspberry when young, often moving toward more savory, autumnal, earthy, mushroomy, or truffle-like tones with age. The better examples are compelling because they carry delicacy without feeling thin — fruit, perfume, texture, and place all held in a lighter frame.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rincon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48849250681083,"sku":"00077409","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/3655\/6193\/files\/518e56b8cc675c5b65dff4e0805e9cce.jpg?v=1778364320","url":"https:\/\/satellitesb.com\/products\/dunites-pet-nat-p-tnat-of-chardonnay-pinot-noir-san-luis-obispo-coast-ca-2025","provider":"Satellite SB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}