North American Press Lake County Kelsey Bench Lenoir Hero's Journey 2024 Wine Bar | Featured White From a seven-hectare southwest-facing parcel

From a seven-hectare southwest-facing parcel comes Sauvignon Blanc reimagined—partial barrel fermentation transforms this into a wine led by texture rather than aromatics

A nose of mint and fresh green cardamom with a hint of sfumato leads to a palate with pleasant lift

Fresh quince and plum fruit initally on the nose

though it still carries the mineral intensity and structure that makes this vintage rewarding

North American Press Lake County Kelsey Bench Lenoir Hero's Journey 2024 Wine Bar | Featured White From a seven-hectare southwest-facing parcelLenoir is a grape that gets used and never credited, a tough American variety long grown in Texas and prized for shrugging off the pests and diseases that flatten European vines. Matt Niess thinks it deserves a bottle of its own. He founded North American Press in 2019 after a decade of Burgundian winemaking at Radio Coteau, and now works exclusively with North America's native grapes and hybrids: vines that handle California's climatic extremes