Populis Texian, 2022

Les Lunes and our Texas Distributor Partners David Mayfield Selections partnered up on creating a red blend meant to be enjoyed in Texas Weather. It is currently only distributed to Texas, but lucky you, if you're on the site and in one of the states we ship to, it is available to you as well.

We will be releasing some blogs in the near future on what a "Chillable Red" is and how people want to enjoy wine in general. I think this style has huge potential in Texas because of the weather, but it really has potential everywhere. From a beer standpoint, people in Austin often say "Lager is King", because it goes so well with the weather. But just to be clear, Lager is king and the most sold beer everywhere in the world.... Because it's easy to drink and enjoyable to drink. Wine following suit is just natural. 

Origin: Mendocino, CA
ABV: 12.5%
USNW Classification: Natural
Varietal & Type: Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Orange Muscat, Zinfandel
Vintage: 2022

About the Winemaker

Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig produce two wines, Populis and Les Lunes Wine. With Populis, they purchase grapes from historic viney buards and multi-generational growers from Mendocino County. These wines are fresh, lively, fruit forward, and made in a playful style. In addition to making wine, they farm and manage over 8 ha of vineyards in Sonoma and Napa and are committed 100% to organic farming and restoring and preserving older and historic vineyards in those counties. Their Les Lunes Wines are made from these vineyards and the top sites from their growers in Mendocino County. The Les Lunes Wines show the more classic, refined, elegant, and ageable side of natural wine.

Their facility is literally the basement of Shaunt’s parents’ house in Orinda, just east of Berkeley. This allows them to produce wine without the interference of other wineries’ yeasts or influences as well as allowing them to age their wine for multiple vintages before release if needed.

They are absolutely 100% committed to farming and producing wines organically. They make no additions to the wines save for a small dose of sulfur before bottling if needed, as determined on a barrel by barrel basis.