Dirty and Rowdy, Chalone MSG, 2019 RonchidiCialla_SO050724 then aged sur latte for

then aged sur latte for 18 months

Family-run since 2007

and a soft maple roundness that smooths everything out beautifully

and their 2021 Merlot shows why

Before returning to Bordeaux vineyards in 1983

Dirty and Rowdy, Chalone MSG, 2019 RonchidiCialla_SO050724 then aged sur latte forHardy Wallace's MSG is California whole cluster fun made with a winemaker's discipline. It's a field style blend grown in the Chalone AVA, way up at 1,700 1,900 feet next to Pinnacles National Park, where huge day to night temperature swings and a wild mash up of limestone, granite and volcanic soils keep everything bright. The 2019 is Mourvedre, Syrah and Grenache (plus a splash of other old vine fruit), foot crushed, fermented as whole clusters and