Birichino
Birichino "Scylla" Red 2020
Birichino "Scylla" Red 2020
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Scylla is a creature of drought and fire. Harvested amidst shouldering climatic disasters, this year's vintage of Scylla differs from years past in that it leads with 110 year old Grenache grapes rather than its standard Carignan. A minuscule harvest from ancient vines, just enough for this vintage and little else. The resulting wine leads with gravity and gusto, tinged with an edgy restraint seldom seen in Californian wines. As with all of Birichino's wines, Scylla is fermented with native yeast and aged in neutral oak, maintaining the true essence of their microregion terroir.
About Birichino
About Birichino
Alex Krause and John Locke founded Birichino in Santa Cruz in 2008. Drawing on a combined four decades making wine in California, France, Italy, and beyond, they are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume, poise, and puckishness. They source their grapes from a number of carefully farmed, family-owned 19th and early 20th century vineyards. Theirs is a preference for marine-influenced climates and own-rooted vines. The vines of this particular vintage were planted by a bootlegger in 1922; a centenarian vineyard in the truest sense.
Region
Region
Santa Cruz, California
Variety
Variety
17% Carignane, 83% Grenache
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