Bardos, "Rocinante" NV [500mL]

Sparkling cider composed of the following varieties farmed in heirloom vineyards from West Sonoma to Irmolco in Mendocino to Fort Bragg astride the Noyo River: King, Summer Banana, Baldwin, and Spitzenberg, York Imperial, Rhode Island Greening, Winesap, Rome Beauty (sourced and dry-farmed by the Walker Family). Apples are hand-harvested, pressed, spontaneously ferment and the juice is botlted unfined, unfiltered, no additional SO2.

From the producer on the name of the cuvée:
“Rocinante” was the name John Steinbeck gave his RV in his road trip book, “Travels With Charley”. He borrowed the name from Don Quixote. “In many ways, Rocinante is not only Don Quixote's horse, but also his double; like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.” This sense of humor reminds us a lot about our relationship to working with these old mysterious trees.