Folk Machine Potter Valley Aligote Vecino Vineyard 2024 ReasonableCellar2025 with a salty mineral drive

with a salty mineral drive running under everything

fermented with semi-carbonic techniques and raised in concrete

or maybe an orange wine

The 2021 vintage was cool and classical — exactly the kind of year this site shines in

1-hectare plot near the Atlantic in the Val do Salnes

Folk Machine Potter Valley Aligote Vecino Vineyard 2024 ReasonableCellar2025 with a salty mineral driveAligote is Burgundy's other white grape, and it is exceedingly rare in California. This bottling is, as far as we know, the only Aligote made in Potter Valley. It comes from the certified organic Vecino Vineyard, in the Potter Valley AVA, which sits about 200 feet higher than neighboring valleys so daytime warmth is offset by sharp overnight cooling. The wine sits stylistically between Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc: leaner than the first, brisker than