Location: Lodi, CA
Alcohol: 13.4%

Oodles and oodles of preserved flowers, apricot confit, walnut shells, a fat, glycerol waxy texture, fresh-churned clay and beeswax.

Hand-harvested in the early morning. Upon entering the winery, the clusters were hand-sorted prior to being footstomped. Most of the grapes were fermented on their skins for 6 weeks prior to a gentle pressing; and one bin went for 8 weeks. The wine was transferred to neutral barriques and aged on fine lees for 11 months, then racked and bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Busalacchi Vineyard in Clements Hills is farmed organically on volcanic granite and tufa soils. The southeastern sub-AVA of Lodi is known for its rolling hills and varied topography. The warmer weather and higher humidity is countered by a 40-degree diurnal shift and drying winds from the Sacramento Delta.