• 53% Carignan, 47% Colombard
• Sourced from the Ricetti Vineyard (Redwood Valley, Mendocino County)
• Planted in 1948
• Dry-farmed (non-irrigated), certified organic vineyard
• Gravelly loam soils
• Direct-to-press Colombard was settled overnight and then racked off gross juice lees into a stainless steel tank
• Carignan harvested a few days later, whole clusters were loaded into the press, briefly tumbled, and then left to macerate on skins overnight before pressing the following morning
• The pressed Carignan juice was then racked into the just-fermenting Colombard tank to begin co-fermentation
• 100% native yeast; fermented completely dry and racked off heavier lees at the end of fermentation
• Aged in neutral vessels for 6 months before bottling
• Unfined and unfiltered (sediment expected)
• Free SO2 < 2 mg/L (Total SO2 10 mg/L)
• 729 cases produced
• 12% abv
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Sizes Available
Full Bottle | US-MST-02-22 | 12/750ml |