Vintage Summary

This wine is a blend of a few different varieties primarily sourced from San Benito County with the rare variety Negrette playing the leading role. Negrette is a dark and inky variety that’s also quite floral making it a versatile grape suitable for an abundance of blending opportunities. This blend is made up of 82% Negrette all sourced from the Siletto Vineyard in San Benito County, along with 6% Cabernet Pfeffer (another rare San Benito heirloom grape) with another 6% each of Zinfandel from the old Wirz Vineyard (about 3 miles as the crow flies from Siletto) and Albariño from the C5 vineyard in the Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barbara County.

Winemaking

The grapes were picked by hand. At the winery the grapes were given 21 days of whole cluster maceration to extract tannins, aroma, and flavor compounds in the skins via once daily pumpovers. After pressing and settling, the wine was racked into old barrels for 10 months elevage on fine lees. Racked and blended to tank a month prior to bottling.  Bottled August 14th, 2021. 380 cases produced.

Wine Stats

Brix at harvest: 23.5

Titratable Acidity: 6.1 g/L

pH: 3.80

Residual Sugar: 0.0 g/L

Alcohol: 13.8%