Location: Contra Costa County, CA
Alcohol: 12.9%

Grippy, a touch salty, and bursting with energy. More red-fruited, with tart black cherry and strawberry along with racy acidity and firm tannins that make it very food friendly.

100% whole cluster, aged in neutral French oak barrels.

Sandlands Wines emphasizes vineyards with decomposed granite (sand) soils, which have been farmed for generations but often remain on the fringes of mainstream California viticulture. They are dedicated to producing wines from old, head-trained, dry-farmed, and own-rooted vineyards. This Carignane comes from the Spenker Ranch Vineyard in Lodi, planted in 1900 and currently spanning only about 8 acres. The soils are sandy loam situated on the west side of the Mokelumne River, and the vines are known to produce some of the punchiest and most energetic Carignane in California.