Grapes: Counoise + (tiny bit) Muscat
Region: Santa Barbara, California
Vintage: 2022
Viticulture: Organic
Vinification: Destemmed. 1 week maceration
Fining or Filtering: None
Notes from the Importer: A complicated harvest, riding the rollercoaster of heat waves followed by rainstorms stopping ripeness dead in its tracks across most our sites. Much like our comrades to the north in 2020 with smoke pressure, after weeks of hoping that some how the temperate October would push brix levels to the finish line, bee & bird pressure mounted, along with rot, and I decided to pivot towards making an unplanned rosé.
Mostly Grenache with varying macerations of each of the varietals, combined together as they came in, and aged in neutral barrel after fermentation. A complicated wine from a complicated harvest.
Smoky, animal with orange rind accents. Lingonberry tartness but again nice texture.
Herbal, animal nuances in well-sustained finish.
