# Deux Punx Muscat Petnat (2022)

- **Producer:** Deux Punx
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** sparkling
- **Grapes:** Muscat Blanc
- **Region:** California, United States
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 11.0%
- **Average price:** €25
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now
- **Serving temperature:** 6–8 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** blossom, peach, apple, melon, orange

## About this wine

Deux Punx was founded in a San Francisco garage in 2006 by Dan Schaaf and Aaron Olson before establishing its winemaking base in Napa Valley. Operating on a DIY punk ethos summed up by their motto 'Corporate wine still sucks', the winery focuses on minimal-intervention production in partnership with organic growers. Sourced from Cecchini Ranch in Contra Costa County, where vines were planted in 2001 on clay loam soils, this wine reimagines Muscat—traditionally used for sweet wines—into an energetic, bone-dry sparkling wine.

## Interesting facts

- Operates under a DIY punk ethos and the official tagline 'Corporate wine still sucks'.
- Uses Méthode Ancestrale to capture natural carbonation directly during bottle fermentation.
- Sourced from 2001-planted vines at Cecchini Ranch, located just 33 feet above sea level.

## Food pairing

The electric acidity and lively carbonation easily cut through rich, creamy elements like ricotta and goat cheese, while the high floral intensity bridges beautifully with fresh, herbaceous, and spicy Asian flavor profiles.

## Wine making process

Made using the traditional Méthode Ancestrale (Pétillant Naturel), the grapes undergo spontaneous primary fermentation with wild native yeasts. The fermenting juice is bottled under crown cap before completion, capturing the naturally evolved carbon dioxide to build a gentle, lively mousse. The wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered, without commercial additions or heavy sulfur adjustments.