From the producer: A delicate and low alcohol vintage. A fresh nose of strawberry, cranberry, rose, wet river stone, and sweet baguette crust. Comparable to Nebbiolo-based wines in the sense that you can’t let the light color deceive you. A firm tannin brings structure to this perfumed wine.
Vineyard Notes: Certified CCOF organic. The vineyard is located on the east side of the Northern California Coastal Range. The soils are pinkish gravelly alluvial soils permitting good drainage. This is a classic warm California climate; Grenache thrives here. They utilize some unique canopy work to protect the fruit from overexposure. They maintain a polyculture with fruit trees, olives and bees on site.
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Type: Red
Vintage: 2020
Size: 750 mL
ABV: 12.0%
Grape: Grenache
Region: Dunnigan Hills, California
Vinification: The fruit was destemmed as whole berries. A combination of pumpovers and punchdowns were used to keep the native fermentation happy, and after 2 weeks the fruit was pressed at dryness. The wine was rested in barrel for 10 months sur lie, racked once, then bottled. No additives including no added sulfites.