Chardonnay Disco

After the second bottle.

Wine going into mismatched glasses. Light coming off chrome and landing everywhere at once. Cake crumbs on the marble, citrus twists curling where somebody left them, and the night turning riotous.

Amber does the drizzle, thick and slow. Bergamot and heirloom apple keep it up off the floor, tart where the amber is heavy. American oak, orris butter and white sandalwood give it the waxiness of a room that has been warm for hours, and geranium puts a green stem through the middle of the sweetness.

Honeydew is the shape it lands in, and the sugar never turns up to back it.

Kelly+Jones starts at the wine bar. The house began in a vineyard, where a winemaker scolded its founder for wearing fragrance while tasting, and the fragrance met the wine in the glass instead of fighting it. Kelly Jones has built the agave and supper-club releases around a particular hour, a particular room and a particular drink, and hands the composing to noses at Takasago and IFF.

Everything is hand-poured in the USA, free of parabens and phthalates, and carries a detailed ingredient list on every product page and every carton. The Eau de Mezcal line is built as a tribute to agave spirits artisans and their land, and a portion of every sale in it goes to Programa Vaca, which helps rebuild in Mexico's remote rural areas using natural materials.