{"title":"Inconnu","description":"\u003cp\u003eInconnu means the unknown, and the name is a small manifesto: a bet that California can make wines of subtlety and grace, the qualities its biggest, boldest bottles tend to drown out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInconnu was founded in 2012 by Laura Brennan Bissell. Originally from Washington, D.C., she moved to the Bay Area at twenty-two intending to be a tattoo artist, toured with bands, and eventually washed up in Barcelona, where she fell for the food and discovered natural wine. She returned determined to become a winemaker and taught herself the craft. She now also runs Aitia Wines and farms estate vineyards in Underwood, Washington, in the Columbia Gorge AVA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/inconnu\"\u003eInconnu producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lalalu-cabernet-franc-inconnu-natural-wine-primal-wine","title":"Inconnu LaLaLu Cabernet Franc 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaLaLu is a 100% Cabernet Franc from Contra Costa County, sourced by Laura Brennan Bissell of Inconnu from organically farmed fruit in this historically underappreciated region east of San Francisco Bay. The wine ferments spontaneously with native yeasts, sees no new oak, and is made with minimal sulfur additions — consistent with how Bissell approaches every wine she makes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe profile skews toward the lighter, brighter end of California red wine. Think dried roses, cranberry, raspberry, and green bell pepper on the nose, with plum and earthy, leathery undertones on the palate. It has been compared to Beaujolais in structure — lithe and fruit-forward with acidity that keeps things moving rather than weight that slows them down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContra Costa's deep, free-draining sandy soils (Delhi sandy loam) are phylloxera-resistant, meaning many vines in the county remain own-rooted. The region sits at the confluence of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, with warm days moderated by afternoon winds and cooling influence from San Francisco and Suisun bays. That diurnal temperature shift extends the growing season and preserves acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInconnu is a one-woman label founded in 2012. Bissell works exclusively with organic and regeneratively farmed vineyards, ages in older neutral barrels, and avoids mechanical sorting, glycol temperature control, and off-the-shelf additives. The LaLaLu is a direct, unfussy expression of Cabernet Franc in a style rarely seen in California at this price.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inconnu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32460285050973,"sku":"LALACFRA19C","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/lalalu-cabernet-franc-california-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187217"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/inconnu.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}