Grenache, Martian Ranch, 2021
$35.00Price
Martian Ranch & Vineyard
Los Alisos AVA
Demeter Certified Biodynamic
Tasting notes — Fresh strawberry and cool mint on the nose. A rhubarb loaf laced with fried sage and sea salt. Herbal, crisp, fruity, and mineral. The texture is playful and crunchy.
Vinification — Alban clone Grenache was picked on October 1, 2021. Gently destemmed to leave a majority of the whole berries intact created a longer, slower native fermentation that I think added a crackle to the palate. Pressed and aged in nuetral French oak barriques for 10 months. Racked off the lees once in the Spring, bottled unfined and unfiltered in July 2022.
Label artwork — Photo by Michel DeAscentiis in Madrid, Spain using a Contax G2
