With his high-altitude wines, Captûre winemaker Sam Teakle is shining a light on one of California’s newest, highest, and most remote viticultural areas: Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA. Arid and windswept, the AVA looks like a moonscape. It rises to 3,000 feet in elevation, or two-and-a-half times the height of the Eiffel Tower. Cold winds, rocky soils, and intense sun stress the vines, producing small chandelier-shaped clusters with tiny berries of intense color and flavor. Captûre’s Pine Mountain Sauvignon Blanc is among the highest of its variety planted in the United States. Try decanting it (yes, you can decant a white wine!) to reveal its elegant, rocky minerality.