Beach to desert. Sand to snow. Restaurant to campfire. This is an all-day wine. A young vineyard in an unlikely place, surrounded by Joshua trees, farmed honestly by an old pro. A blend of Grenache and Tempranillo.
We were swimming in the Adriatic and found a prickly pear cactus in the cliffside. We ate the fruit. That’s what this wine is like. This is a young vineyard in an unlikely place, farmed honestly by an old pro.
Come across a wild raspberry bush in the San Bernardino Mountains. Filter some water from a stream. You have this wine. A multi-region blend of white and red Zinfandel from 100+ year old vines and brand-new vineyards. Ancient and nascent. The past and the future.
I don't know if this makes sense, but this wine makes you think about the past. Harvested from a small backyard vineyard owned by a 95-year-old woman on the east side of Redlands, our hometown.
Harvested from own-rooted bush vines, planted around the turn of the 20th century in deep sand of alluvial granite fans. Harvested on July 29th. Destemmed. Notes of cayenne, plum, & milk chocolate.
