2020
Mission
Somers Vineyard
Mokelumne River
Alc 14% by vol. (750ml)
CASES:
520
BACKGROUND:
Mission, our signature grape, was brought to the New World by the conquistadores. The oldest grape in California, it has been mistreated and neglected for over a century. Today it’s a very rare grape, almost fully replaced by more fashionable varieties. But there would be no wine in California had it not paved the way for all the others, so I’m eternally grateful I get to be part of its new dawn. I’m obsessed with this variety and hopefully you’ll agree it makes a great wine.
STYLE:
2020 was a warmer year, so it’s a little fuller compared to the 2019, but still with those typical characteristics of strawberry, pepper and herbal bitters. A wine made to serve just slightly chilled.
VINEYARD:
Somers Vineyard was believed to have some of the oldest Mission vines in the US, because of how big they are, many being well over 8ft tall. Nobody knows exactly how old they are as no record of the vineyard’s origins exist, but our latest research suggest they’re from the late 60’s or early 70’s. That makes them at least 50+ years old and a true historic vineyard. They grow right next to the river in the Mokelumne River AVA, Lodi, California and are mostly dry farmed, since their roots reach deep.
