Que Saudade makes SF Chronicle’s “Top 100 Wines” list!

We’re most pleased to report that the 2010 Que Saudade (100% Verdelho from the DeWitt Vineyard, as most of you know, farmed in the Sierra Foothills just outside of Plymouth) has been included

in the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Top 100 Wines of 2011” list. Their notes on the wine can be found here:

SF Chronicle’s “Other Whites and Rosé” section from the “Top 100 Wines of 2011”

We agree with the Chronicle when it comes to Verdelho’s potential in the Sierra Foothills — the decomposed granite and volcanic soils coupled with hot days and cold nights truly allow this Portuguese variety to truly shine. And with no new oak, all natural fermentation, and no additions at all to the juice or wine (no yeast, no nutrient, no water, no acid, no nothin’) save for a touch of sulfur at bottling to ensure stability, we feel quite strongly that the Verdelho that is poured from our bottles is an honest and pure representation of the variety and site.

So far, all of the other Rare Creatures have been supportive, though we’re sure they’re all at least a little jealous.

Order your 2010 Que Saudade here, and raise a glass along with us in celebration:

Go the Verdelho!