Love & Terroir Sta. Rita Hills Syrah Melville Vineyard 2022 22BDX Joseph Cartron only uses wild

Joseph Cartron only uses wild blackberries which are much more aromatic than their cultivated counterparts and give Crème de Mûre des Roncières (Wild Blackberry Liqueur) the bright and juicy sensation of biting into a fresh blackberry on the French countryside

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where cold nights and dry air do the work modern winemaking sometimes overdoes

this Brut Champagne captures the grape’s signature fruit-forward charm and energy

it is aged in oak and the wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation

Love & Terroir Sta. Rita Hills Syrah Melville Vineyard 2022 22BDX Joseph Cartron only uses wildThis is Syrah grown in a place cold enough that it probably shouldn't work, and that is exactly why it does. Love & Terroir sources from a small sandy parcel on the Melville estate in the Sta. Rita Hills, where the nutrient starved soil keeps the vines struggling and the fruit intense. Fermented with 80% whole clusters and left on skins and stems for 35 days, it comes out with the peppery, savory, borderline feral character that cool climate Syrah