Deux Punx Orange Chardonnay 2024

Deux Punx Orange Chardonnay is crafted from organically farmed Chardonnay grapes sourced from Wheeler Vineyard in San Benito County's Tres Pinos. This amber wine undergoes 22 days of skin maceration with spontaneous fermentation using native yeasts in neutral oak barrels. Produced at their shared warehouse facility in Napa's River East neighborhood, the wine remains unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfite additions, reflecting their minimalist "don't screw with the vineyard" philosophy.

The winemaker: Deux Punx was founded by Dan Schaaf and Aaron Olson, two wine addicted ex-punks, in April of 2008. They utilize the facilities of Punk Dog Wineries, a shared space in the River East Neighborhood in Napa, which lends itself to the minimalist and experimental style of winemaking they capture in their wines. All of their wines are produced in the same manner – native fermentation, minimal so2, neutral oak, and ambient temperatures. Their philosophy is to let the raw materials from the vineyards express their true nature, embracing the differences between sites and vintages. Deux Punx believes wine is meant to be shared and enjoyed, not cellared and ignored. We can get down with that!