2022 Carbonic Grenache

Appellation

Santa Barbara County

Varietal

Grenache

Vineyard Sources

100% Rodney’s Vineyard (Blocks N2, N1, P1, P2 & P3) from the Fess Parker home ranch in the Santa Ynez Valley

Barrel Aging

100% carbonic fermentation with 60% whole-cluster and basket pressed. Aged for 4 months in neutral French oak puncheon

Technical Data

Composition

100% Grenache

Alcohol %

12.5

Acidity

0.538 g/100mL

3.38

Harvest Brix

22.5

Harvest Date

9/29/22

Production

210 cases

Description

For those of you not familiar, a carbonic style wine is made using a technique in which whole bunches of uncrushed grapes are fermented at the berry level, creating a fresh, fruit forward and low tannin red wine.

On the wine spectrum, this Carbonic Grenache falls somewhere between a rosé and a traditional red. It’s a refreshing, low alcohol wine that should be served chilled.

Our Carbonic is SIP (Sustainable in Practice) Certified and made exclusively with Grenache from our estate vineyard, Rodney’s. The poppies on the label are a nod to the view of grass mountain that can be enjoyed from the upper mesa of Rodney’s Vineyard.

We hope you enjoy this seasonal wine. It’s a fun one!