2020 - Zinfandel, Mourvèdre, Carignan, Alicante Bouschet, Petite Sirah, and Black Muscat
Herbal, blackberry, cigar box, anise and cherry cola. A nice core of fruit with medium acid and soft tannins.
All varieties were picked together and co-fermented. The fresh fruit was picked early in the morning and put into stainless tanks for carbonic maceration. Natural CO2 from an established vigorous fermentation was used to gas the tank. After three weeks the fruit was foot tread, pressed off, and sent to neutral French oak. Left sur lee for 10 months. Racked once before bottling. No additions including no added sulfites.