Variety: 100% Carignan
Location: Redwood Valley AVA, California
Alcohol: 13.8%

Roasted blackberries, black currants, seared venison, black cherry compote, violets and black olives.

Hand harvested and hand sorted, whole cluster into a 2-ton stainless steel lager and foot-stomped. A native yeast fermentation takes place outside the winery, exposed to the cold Pacific Ocean air. After an extended post-ferment maceration, the wine is pressed off into neutral barrique. After 9 months, the wine is racked and bottled unfired and unfiltered.

First planted in 1918, Vincenzo Vineyard is owned and cared for by the grandchildren of the original farmer. Organic (certified) and dry-farmed since its planting, the old-vine, head-trained vines here are remarkably healthy and yield intensely flavored wines.