- Clone: 100% Massal Selection own roots Clos Mullet
- Vineyard: Clos Mullet (5′ x 5′ Spacing), Los Alamos, CA
- Soil Series: Chamise shaly loam
- Appellation: Santa Barbara County
- Harvest date: September 23, 2017
- Brix at harvest: 20.80 brix
- Fermentation: 50% de-stemmed, 50% whole cluster semi-carbonic. 100% natural primary and secondary; pressed after 14 days.
- Barrels: 100% french oak 228L barrique (four or more years old)
- Aging: Ten months in barrel
- Production: 200 Cases.
Hand harvested and organically grown; 50% de-stemmed. Pumped over once daily after which the top was again sealed and the fermenter was gassed using carbon dioxide. Fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic by naturally occurring bacteria. The wine was fermented for fourteen days then pressed to tank, settled, then racked to barrel the following day. Racked twice prior to bottling. Total Of 35ppm so2 added without filtration in keeping with our minimalist (lo-fi) philosophy.
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