Folk Machine Clarskburg Chenin Blanc Merritt Island Vineyard 2025 PET-NAT Whole-bunch fermented with indigenous yeasts

Whole-bunch fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged nine months in barrel

Vivid scents

Sip straight

BODY: Full of body but not too strong

It drinks beautifully now and has plenty of road ahead

Folk Machine Clarskburg Chenin Blanc Merritt Island Vineyard 2025 PET-NAT Whole-bunch fermented with indigenous yeastsChenin Blanc from the organic Wilson Vineyard on Merritt Island, a low lying patch in the Sacramento Delta where the river breezes hold acidity high. Inspired by the Loire, Kenny ferments unhanded native yeasts, no commercial additives in a mix of stainless and concrete egg. The wine leans on the austere, almost reductive side, with texture and tension doing the heavy lifting rather than ripe fruit. Now in its sixth plus vintage from the site, it has