North American Press Lake County Kelsey Bench Lenoir Hero's Journey 2024 051426OFFER the Pirate cuvée appears only

the Pirate cuvée appears only in exceptional vintages—just the third vintage of this 500-bottle release

using 180 piñas (5

Mostly pinot noir with a small amount of Chardonnay blended in

and the name is a promise: these American grapes are what California's hotter

Full and expressive

North American Press Lake County Kelsey Bench Lenoir Hero's Journey 2024 051426OFFER the Pirate cuvée appears onlyLenoir is a grape that gets used and never credited, a tough American variety long grown in Texas and prized for shrugging off the pests and diseases that flatten European vines. Matt Niess thinks it deserves a bottle of its own. He founded North American Press in 2019 after a decade of Burgundian winemaking at Radio Coteau, and now works exclusively with North America's native grapes and hybrids: vines that handle California's climatic extremes