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2019 Malbec

Original price was: $28.00.Current price is: $22.00.

2019 Lo-Fi Malbec

Hand harvested and organically grown; not de-stemmed, crushed by foot once daily after which the top was again sealed. Fermented on the native yeasts, followed by full malolactic by naturally occurring bacteria. No sulfur used at crusher. The wine was racked twice prior to bottling. Total of 7 ppm so2 added without filtration in keeping with our minimalist (lo-fi) philosophy.

Ingredients: Hand harvested, organically farmed grapes, indigenous yeast, naturally occurring lactic acid bacteria and minimum effective SO2.

Notes: This wine has very little SO2.  Natty Alert!  

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Description

*Natty Alert – Low Sulfur Wine. 

  • Clone: 4 on 5BB rootstock
  • Vineyard: Coquelicot Estate (10′ x 6′ Spacing)
  • Soil Series: Positas fine sandy loam over clay and gravel 
  • Appellation: Santa Barbara County
  • Harvest date:  9/26/2019
  • Brix at harvest: 
  • Fermentation: Whole cluster. 100% natural primary and secondary; pressed after 10 days.
  • Barrels: 100% French oak barrels (neutral – 4 years or older)
  • Aging: Eight months in barrel
  • Production:  655 Cases

Additional information

Weight 3 lbs
Dimensions 3 × 3 × 10 in