2022 Railsback Frères "Cuvée Spéciale" Grenache Noir, Santa Barbara County, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE This high toned Grenache comes from one of Santa Barbaras most well known (and highly regarded) vineyard sites. These site are organic blocks at Nolan Ranch and Shokrian Vineyard in the Alisos Canyon AVA. The grapes are fermented using native yeasts, with roughly 50% whole clusters and 50% destemmed fruit for a balance of structure and crunchy brightness. The wine is matured for 10 to 14 months in completely neutral French oak barrels

Laurent and Frédéric are Robert and Françoise Drouhin's four children

A cold soak of 3 to 4 days prior to fermentation allows gentle extraction of color and aromatic phenols

Nestled in the Grand Cru village of Tours-sur-Marne

the surface of the basalt mother-rock decomposed into a red soil overlaying a deep layer of rounded and eroded basalt cobble

Each can is pure craft wine

they want to retain acidity and freshness in the grapes

these lands were gradually made into vineyards as they changed hands a number of times until

Her winemaking is not programmatic: each vintage is treated sensitively and

Reserve stocks allow them to offset variable weather conditions

traditional in spirit—to elevate the nuances of each cru

created a winery built on their love and passion for Georgia and its ancient winemaking history

and 40+ year-old vines