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Varietal: Mencia and Arinto (70/30)
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Vineyards: Riverbench. Foxen Canyon Rd.
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Appellation: Santa Maria Valley
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Harvest date: 9/30/2022
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Fermentation: 100% De-stemmed. 2 weeks. Closed top 1500 gallon stainless tank.
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Elevage: 10 Months neutral French Oak (228L)
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Production: 440 cases
Bebida Morada, aka “Purple Drink”.
A distinctive co-fermentation of two Iberian grape varieties: 70% Mencia, a red grape, and 30% Arinto, a white grape. The grapes were 100% de-stemmed and fermented together in a large stainless steel tank with daily pump-overs for approximately two weeks.
We rely on native yeasts and bacteria for both primary and secondary fermentation, avoiding the use of sulfur during harvest. Once the wine had completed fermentation, it was pressed to a tank, settled, and then racked to barrels the following day and then aged in neutral French ok barrels for 10 months. In line with our minimalist (lo-fi) philosophy, we only add a total of 30 ppm SO2, and the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Delicious, extra juicy and oh-so-smooth, this is the porch-pounding red to keep ready in the refrigerator all summer long. Sour cherry, blueberry, cola, raspberry, violets, along with lemon, mandarin orange, peach and even some green banana
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