Jus Jus Night NV

Jus Jus: Night is a blend of 80% organic Chardonnay from Hawkeye Ranch in Redwood Valley, Mendocino County, and 20% organic Muscat Blanc from the Cecchini property shared with First Generation Farmers in Contra Costa County. Hawkeye Ranch sits at 722 feet elevation in the upper Russian River drainage, with gravelly loam soils and a diurnal temperature swing of up to 50 degrees. The Contra Costa Muscat comes from a regenerative, organically farmed site on sandy clay soils near the Sacramento Delta.

Fermented in the style of a Pét-Nat using only wild, native yeast, Jus Jus: Night reaches just 7% ABV, roughly half the alcohol of a standard sparkling wine. Fermentation is stopped by filtration, an unconventional step that preserves the wine's low-alcohol character. No sulfites or preservatives are added at any point.

Jus Jus is a collaboration between natural winemaker Martha Stoumen and writer Julia Sherman of Salad for President. It occupies a category of its own: once fermented, it is no longer technically verjus, but at 7% ABV it falls well outside the range of conventional wine. Stoumen works out of shared facilities in Sebastopol where native yeast fermentation is a house requirement. Night is slightly drier and higher in alcohol than its counterpart, Jus Jus: Day (3.5% ABV).

Serve well chilled on its own or over ice as a spritz. It works as a base with Aperol, Lillet, or Cocchi Americano.