Sufficiently Whelming 2021 by Stagiaire Wine, a white blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay from Santa Cruz Mountains
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Stagiaire Wine Sufficiently Whelming 2021

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Tasting notes

The Lolonis Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc block, planted in 1942, may be the oldest in the country, and the drought conditions of 2021 concentrated skin phenolics at low sugar levels — a rare combination that gives this wine grip and depth without heaviness. It opens flinty and tight, then loosens into citrus and tropical fruit with time in the glass.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
FlintGrapefruitWhite PeachHoneysuckle
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:White Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay
Farming:Organic
Vintage:2021
Alcohol:12.7%
Country:USA
Region:Redwood Valley
Appellation:Redwood Valley AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Stagiaire Wine

Stagiaire Wine is the project of Brent Mayeaux, a New Orleans native who began his career working under conventionally minded California winemakers before pivoting toward natural wine after stages in Australia with Gareth Belton of Gentle Folk in the Adelaide Hills and in France's Jura with Philippe Bornard. He returned to California in 2018 and launched Stagiaire. The name comes from the French word for apprentice, which is what his Jura winemaker called him when other local vignerons asked who he was.

Mayeaux operates out of a shared industrial space on Treasure Island, a reclaimed island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. In 2021, after years of farming his own parcels across Northern California, he shifted to a négociant model, sourcing fruit from high-quality organically farmed sites he trusts. This allows him more time in the cellar per lot. Lolonis Vineyard in Redwood Valley, dry-farmed and organically certified, is one of those sites.

Mayeaux makes zero-zero wines — no added sulfites, no fining agents, no adjustments. Fermentation is native. For Sufficiently Whelming, the fruit started in stainless steel and moved to used barrels for nine months. Winemaking decisions shift vintage to vintage based on what the fruit needs.

Wine region

Redwood Valley, USA

Redwood Valley is an upland AVA within Mendocino County, located approximately 130 miles north of San Francisco in the eastern, inland portion of the county. The valley floor sits at roughly 800 feet elevation, with Pacific air currents reaching it through a gap in the coastal ridge, moderating temperatures and extending the growing season compared to the warmer Ukiah Valley directly to the south. The result is a Region II climate on the UC heat summation scale — cooler than most inland Mendocino valleys, with higher natural acidity and phenolic development in the grapes.

The soils on the valley benchlands, where Lolonis Vineyard sits, are red clay strewn with rocks, free-draining and iron-rich. These thin, dry soils stress vine roots and concentrate flavors in small-clustered fruit. Mendocino County is California's leading organic farming county, with roughly 25% of vineyard acreage CCOF-certified organic. Frey Vineyards, also in Redwood Valley, was the first certified organic winery in the United States. The AVA is best known for Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Petite Sirah, but the benchland sites at Lolonis have produced notable Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay from some of the oldest plantings of those varieties in California.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

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If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

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If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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