2022 In Love with a Memory
Sauvignon Blanc from the famous Enz vineyard in Lime Kiln Valley. Old dry farmed vines rooted deeply into limestone and granitic soild. Gently macerated and in barrel for a year.
Label in collaboration with SASAMI
Sauvignon Blanc from the famous Enz vineyard in Lime Kiln Valley. Old dry farmed vines rooted deeply into limestone and granitic soild. Gently macerated and in barrel for a year.
Label in collaboration with SASAMI
Sauvignon Blanc from the famous Enz vineyard in Lime Kiln Valley. Old dry farmed vines rooted deeply into limestone and granitic soild. Gently macerated and in barrel for a year.
Label in collaboration with SASAMI
Ancient Sauvignon Blanc from historic Enz Vineyard on limestone and granite in an almost forgotten great California viticultural region in the shadow of the Gabilan Mountains in Southern San benito County. It is an honor to work with this site that so many great winemakers and wineries have produced benchmark wines from. The Sauvignon Blanc had been grafted over to red grapes at some point in the past, but a few years ago they cut below those red grafts to allow the old Sauvignon material to come back.
Dry farmed Sauvignon Blanc from these warmer and dryer sites can be finicky to grow and ferment. But the results are impressive. This wine is inspired by my old cuvee ‘Sapphires, Samphires, and Saturn Returns’. Using what I learned from that wine, this first release of ILWAM turned out pretty darn good I think.
Destemmed and macerated for just over a week. Pressed before fermentation really even kicked off. It was one of the first picks of the season and the last wine to go to barrel. The ferment in tank was so so so slow. The wine rested in barrel for a year. Light oxidative character tempering the lush California tropical fruit and ripe citrus and locking in the added density of its soft extraction.
I really enjoy drinking this wine now after a year in bottle. But I think back to a 2020 Sapphires that I drank with some friends in New York recently, and I smile thinking of how good its going to be in 2 or 3 more years.
nothing added or removed. no sulfur. not contract or custom crush.
Combined orders of 3, 6, or 12 bottles only please :D Flat-rate $30 for shipping
Orders will begin shipping December 3rd. Combined orders of 3, 6, and 12 bottles only please(unless picking up at the winery on February 18). Must be 21 or older to order. Adult signature required for delivery. Shipping unavailable for ND, NH, UT, MS, AL, VT, KY, SD.