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Purity Wine

My Happy Place 2020

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Tasting notes

Valdiguie is a rarely seen Californian grape, and fermenting it on skins alongside Chardonnay produces a wine with more grip and savory bite than you expect from either variety alone. Native yeast fermentation and zero SO2 additions keep the fruit vivid and the texture alive.

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  • Style: Skin-contact orange wine; Chardonnay and Valdiguie blend; amber hue; fruit-forward with light tannin; native yeast; no added SO2
  • Grapes & Terroir: Chardonnay and Valdiguie; organically farmed; Northern California multi-county sourcing (Mendocino, Calaveras, Contra Costa)
  • Winemaking: Skin-contact fermentation on native yeasts; unfined, unfiltered; no added SO2; bottled as-is
  • Serving: Serve at 50-55F; no decant needed; can be enjoyed slightly chilled like a light red
  • Pairing: Roast chicken, soft-ripened cheese, grilled fish with tomato, Vietnamese summer rolls
  • Similar To: For fans of Pinot Gris or light Gamay who want textural grip and a natural wine edge

My Happy Place is a skin-contact white wine (orange wine) made by Noel Diaz at Purity Wine in Richmond, California. The blend of Chardonnay and Valdiguie is fermented on skins with native yeasts, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with no added sulfur dioxide.

Diaz sources all fruit from organically farmed vineyards across Northern California, including sites in Mendocino, Calaveras, and Contra Costa Counties, which he has been directly farming on lease since 2017. The regenerative approach emphasizes biodiversity and no-till farming to preserve soil fungal systems.

Skin contact on white grapes extracts tannin, texture, and phenolic compounds that conventional white winemaking discards. In this wine, that contact gives the Chardonnay and Valdiguie more grip and savory complexity than either grape would show as a direct-press wine. Expect an amber-hued, lightly tannic pour with fresh acidity and fruit-forward character typical of the Purity style.

Skin-contact whites with Valdiguie's natural acidity work well alongside dishes that can handle some tannin: think roast chicken with herbs, a soft-ripened cheese board, or grilled fish with a tomato-based sauce. The wine's fruit-forward character also holds up against lightly spiced dishes like Thai larb or Vietnamese summer rolls.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Chardonnay, Valdiguie
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2020
Alcohol:, N/A
Country:, USA
Region:, California
Appellation:, California
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Purity Wine

Noel Diaz spent nearly 20 years working in restaurants before completing the WSET Level 3 course, which redirected his focus toward wine as a full career. He began searching for a winemaking space in 2012, produced his first vintage in 2013, and by 2016 had committed exclusively to organically farmed fruit sources.

Since 2017, Diaz has been directly farming leased vineyards in Calaveras, Mendocino, and Contra Costa Counties, with the goal of eventually owning land outright. That same year he moved into a warehouse in Richmond, California, where he established a collective of roughly 14 natural winemakers working under one roof. A tasting bar called The Study is attached to the space.

Diaz uses native yeast fermentation throughout, bottles wines unfined and unfiltered, and rarely adds sulfur. He practices regenerative, no-till farming to preserve soil biodiversity and fungal networks. His stated philosophy is full transparency: if anything is added to a wine, it should be disclosed on the label.

Wine region

California, USA

Purity Wine sources fruit from multiple Northern California counties, including Mendocino, Calaveras, and Contra Costa. Each of these regions offers a distinct growing environment: Mendocino is cooler and coastal-influenced, Calaveras sits in the Sierra Foothills at moderate elevation, and Contra Costa is a warm, low-elevation inland county known for old-vine plantings in sandy soils that escaped the phylloxera epidemic.

California does not have a unified appellation identity for natural or skin-contact wines. Producers like Purity operate under the broad California appellation, sourcing across county lines to find organically farmed fruit that suits their minimal-intervention approach. Valdiguie, once widely planted as a filler grape under the misnomer 'Napa Gamay,' has found a second life with natural winemakers who value its bright acidity and light pigmentation.

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