Cul Sec 'Balade Minérale' Alcohol-Free

What To Expect:

A crisp, saline white built on Müller-Thurgau and Bacchus grapes infused with oyster shells, dulse, and Douglas fir. Fresh acidity and subtle minerality evoke sea breeze and stone fruit, finishing clean and dry.

Ingredients:

Muller-Thurgau and Bacchus (Kitzingen, DE) grape juice, water infusion (water, grape skins, oak, oyster shells, Douglas fir, pine, rose, lavender), water, water kefir, lacto-fermented grapes, rhubarb and parsnip, apple cider vinegar, alcohol tincture (water, alcohol, blackcurrant leaf, dulse, sugar kelp), acidifiers: succinic acid, citric acid. 

Cul Sec — non-alcoholic cuvées built from organic grapes and wild botanicals. Complex, layered, and food-driven — a true wine experience without the alcohol. “In a world of disappointing non-alcoholic alternatives, Dutch producer Cul Sec stands as a revelation. This sophisticated alcohol-free wine demonstrates that complexity doesn’t require alcohol” - https://vinovonk.com. Cul Sec is the non-alcoholic alternative to wine, a maceration of wild herbs, wine grapes and fermentations. This bottle is full of old traditions combined with new techniques. Cuvée 2025 is a balance of ripe oxidized and unripe wine grapes full of fresh acidity and tannin. The makers searched all year in our landscape for wild flavor notes from the landscape; the mineral notes of the oyster shell, as chalky "terroir," different woods for tight tannins and, for example, oxidative notes of lacto-fermented fruits. With this palette of flavor, we are building 'Domaine Cul Sec,' an estate full of wildness and regeneration. Santé! For those seeking flavor and texture without alcohol.