Pétillant Naturel Suisun Valley Sparkling Malvasia Bianca

Bitter, floral. It's the wine version of a super floral gin G&T, except for dry. To nitpick, I could use a little more acid, but insanely refreshing and varietally accurate.

Cloudy pale yellow-green. Super tiny bubbles, full body, lemon-lime flavor with some honeysuckle flowers. Tastes like the world's finest lemonade. Cool stuff!

Opening discovery at Dovetail's Cali Harvest Dinner. Lily stamens & superfine white sand

Dry, dry, dry, crisp, yum

Great aromatics from citrus sweet tarts to yeast brioche crisp apple and lots of complexity. Delicate and full. Really nice wine. Thanks @Marco Gressi

It's a heavy pet-nat kind of night.

Pétillant Naturel is a type of sparkling wine made in the méthode ancestrale. This means the wine is bottled before the primary fermentation is finished, no additional yeasts or sugars, as in méthode champenoise. The wine is typically cloudy, funky, low in alcohol and sealed under a crown cap, like a bottle of beer.
This pet-nat, as the style is called, is very cloudy, very yeasty and thoroughly enjoyable. The earthy, musty nose is as savory as can be, yet with a strong citrus element. On the palate, acidity is racy and the flavors lean toward the savory side of lemon-lime. Strong minerals provide a nice underpinning. The fizziness is somewhat less than found in other sparkling wines, but there’s enough there to qualify as “festive.” This is a great wine to have as an aperitif or just because, but the acidity and mineral aspect will allow pairings with a wide range of dishes involving vegetables or light-colored meat.

Really floral and crisp, lemon, lime, buttery lemonade, great bubbles, refreshing! Best Pet Nat made today!!!

Let your funk flag fly - the earthy undertones are what really make this compelling. Malvasia's floral, citrus and palate weight are what really make this refreshing.

Fresh and creamy froth, salinity in the second half.