ROSÉ OF GRENACHE 2020 - Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
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ROSÉ OF
GRENACHE
Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard
2020
VINEYARD: Santa Barbara Highlands
VARIETAL: 100% Grenache, Clone 2; Noir; Tablas A
FARMING: SIP certified, glyphosate-free.
ALCOHOL: 12.1% abv
FINISHING pH: 3.41
RELEASE DATE: March 3rd, 2021
AVA: Santa Barbara County
HARVEST DATE: Sep. 2nd & 3rd 2020 (moon in Aquarius
& Pisces)
ÉLEVAGE: 4 months in stainless (Aroha)
BOTTLING DATE: January 28, 2021 (moon in Cancer)
TOTAL PRODUCTION: 1199 cases
In 2020, we increased our Rosé reach to include two rows from
our beloved Mesa block, bringing some high(er) elevation
clusters to this sacred grace dance. Thanks to the warm
growing season of 2020, we harvested a full two weeks earlier
than in 2019, and captured the stonefruit/riverstone balance I
so love in the Highlands' K-block. Add to that the ethereal
nature of the Mesa fruit (Ravensare and Sandalwood a-plenty),
and the trio becomes something quite transporting.
We foot tread the Clone 2 (harvested 9/2), and after 24 hours,
we gently pressed the clusters to join their clone Noir/Tablas A
sisters (direct-pressed on harvest day). The combined juice
spent 43 days fermenting in a cool tank named Aroha. Aroha is
Maori for love, and energetically allows all of our intention to
surround the wine, until time on gross lees is complete.
I have increasingly enjoyed the depth that lees-aging gives to
this expression of Grenache over the years, and in this - vintage
number 9 - I love the delicate dance between presence, and a
rather moon-ward direction. The complexity will pair as
perfectly with Paella as it will fish & chips on the beach. Piha,
preferably...
Tasting notes: Petitgrain, sweetgrass, and tulsi.
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2016 Vespidae
Willamette Valley Pinot Noir
Thesis: Precision Red
A Story: Vespidae (ves-puh-day): Latin
name of the family of wasp trying
to kill me.
The Cliff Notes: The wine throws deep, saturated
garnet color. The nose is dark Bing
cherry, clove, black pepper, beef
broth and dried mushrooms with a hint of snuff and agave. The palate presents as
super energetic acidity and concentrated red fruit (as in, just-ripe cherry), with
incredible length and persistence.
The Vintage: The 2016 growing year took off like a bottle rocket. Early, pre-verasion, it eclipsed
the same heat degree days of the three warmest vintages on the books: 2015,
2014 and 2003. Then, and this is the critical part, it mellowed out, with lower heat
throughout color-change, ripening and harvest. The net results are wines of good
ripeness that preserve all the acid linearity of a slightly cooler year. Ha, we’ll take
it.
The Building of: Six- to eight-barrel-lot, wild-yeast fermentations in stainless steel, 100% barrel
aged for 17 months: 30% new, 18% one year, 16% two year, 36% three year or
older. Bottled unfined and unfiltered in March 2018.
Ageability: We absolutely recommend that you consider decanting to get it some air within its
first three years. This wine should easily climb in complexity beyond ten years.
Vineyards: This is our flagship bottling and represents three very pure vineyards: Our St.
Dolores Estate (8 years) brought structure plus juicy, Temperance Hill (37
years) brought old-vine complexity on beautiful acid and Gemini (25 years)
brought sleek and powerful fruit.
— Jim Prosser, owner/winemaker
Alcohol: 13.0%
pH: 3.56
J.K. CARRIERE WINES 9995 NE PARRETT MOUNTAIN ROAD, NEWBERG OREGON 97132 503-554-0721 JKCARRIERE.COM
2017 Alexander Valley Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
Proprietor Fritz Stuhlmuller Winemaker Leo Hansen
Vineyards Stuhlmuller Vineyards is located at the southern
edge of the Alexander Valley, where it converges
with two other highly regarded Sonoma County
appellations, Chalk Hill and the Russian River
Valley. On its eastern edge, the 150-acre vineyard
borders the Russian River. Situated in a location
that is part river benchlands and part hillside, the
vineyard benefits from its alluvial gravel soils and
the more rocky soils of the hillside sections.
The Clones The fruit for this Cabernet emphasizes three
clones, from seven separate blocks, with vines
ranging in age from 10 to more than 25 years old.
From the river benchland we use clone 337 for its
fruit-forward black cherry flavors. Hillside clone
7 adds floral layers and classic Cabernet cassis
and cherry elements. Our oldest plantings from the Belle Terre Vineyard, provide tannic
concentration and blue fruit notes.
Winemaking Eight individual fermentations were done, using a mix of open-top tanks, and closed-top
tanks where the must was pumped over. The closed-top tanks added to palate texture,
while the open-top tanks retained fruit intensity. The wine was racked to 48 percent new
French oak and underwent native malolactic fermentation. Each lot was fermented and
aged separately for 10 months before blending, in barrel for a total of 18 months.
The Wine Medium to deep ruby-purple, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate offers aromas of
cassis, aniseed, tobacco leaves and Luxardo cherries with graphite hints. The palate is
medium-bodied with well-tempered fruits, grainy and fresh and finishing long on a
mineral note. 1,425 cases produced.
Technical Alcohol: 14.1%
Notes Composition: 94.0% Cabernet Sauvignon, 6.0% Petit Verdot
pH: 3.68
Total Acidity: 7.0 g/l
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