We have so little Lone Wold that we still wanted to offer a package
even when we had sold out of it. This package contains every wine
except Lone Wolf.
I will deliver this to your door if you live
close enough to Los Angeles; if you live in San Diego, you will see my
brilliant colleague Lauren.
These are the wines:2019 M.E.P.P.
Pecorino from the Ponte Vineyard in Temecula. 50% skin-fermented, 50% juice.
The
name stands for "Modified Emidio Pepe Pecorino Protocol"-- named for
the wine of one our heroes, and the touchstone for our success in this
wine.
2019 Raisin City
Incredible bio-dynamically farmed, own-rooted, Palomino from the infinite deserts of Fresno
2019 Lopez Rosé
Not
white at all, but we tried: a deeply colored rosé made from Zinfandel
from Lopez. Foot-stomping and 3 hours of skin-contact released all of
the color. The wine has the flavor and presence of a white wine in spite
of its appearance.
2019 Lopez Red
100% Zinfandel, planted in
1920 in the Cucamonga Valley just east of Los Angeles. Growing in deep
sand, on their own roots, farmed organically and without irrigation. The
vineyard is a natural treasure, preserved by the wonderful Galleano
family.
2019 Galleano Home
An incredible blend of ancient
own-rooted vines, planted by the Galleano in 1920 for Port and Sherry
production. One-third each Alicante Bousquet, Salvador, and white fruit:
Palomino, Mission, and Rose of Peru. Harvested by us on the hottest day
of the year, foot-stomped, co-fermented.
2019 Riverside Red
We
made 1.5 barrels of Lone Wolf and did not want to leave the second
barrel half full. After a few weeks of letting it develop on its own, we
tried to top it with a combination of Kirschenmann Zinfandel, Lopez
Zinfandel, and Pecorino. But as we filled the barrel and kept tasting
it, we decided that the new wines were swamping the delightfully strange
Mission-- and stopped topping. This blend is about 50% Lone Wolf and it
is good and interesting-- a wine more of the cellar than any particular
vineyard.
