Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Alcohol: 12.8%
This wine is light-bodied with texture reminiscent of Beaujolais. Begging for a chill.
The wine is fermented with 60% whole-cluster for 10 days, then pressed with the wooden basket press. The wine is bottled after 10 month of aging in barrel and without filtration.
The 5-acre Topotero vineyard sits next door to the Bassi Vineyard in Avila Beach, surrounded by gardens, palm trees, apples and a creek bed. These vines were grafted to Gamay from Pinot Noir in 2019. Farmed practicing organic by Ben Taylor, this is his home vineyard.