2025 Historic Vines Blanc

Nose of honeysuckle flower, papaya and white pepper. Medium plus body with playful acidity and flavors of green apple, pineapple and minerality. SR (6/26)

In 1922, parcels of white grape vines were planted at the Mancini and Pagani ranches. The 2025 growing year offered moderate weather, allowing this fruit to stay on the vine until late September and early October, respectively. Block compositions in the two vineyards vary, but the uncommon, dominant varieties in these two blocks are the same. Enjoy this wine now and over the next three years. SR (4/26)

By happenstance, in 1922, both the Mancini and Pagani ranches had an isolated block of white grapes planted on them. Both vineyards contain Palomino and Muscadelle in different percentages, with a small percentage of other white varieties included too. The fact that there are 100+ year-old white vines still producing on these ranches is a testament to the families who farmed the land for the past century. It would have been reasonable for the families to pull these blocks in favor of planting something more lucrative, but this choice to continue to farm these white vines necessitated celebration. Historic Vines Blanc is like drinking a history lesson in California viticulture; like taking a time machine back to pre-Prohibition era Sonoma.

Rainfall: 50 inches (above normal)
Bloom: Late May
Weather: Plentiful rains, late budbreak, and a very cool summer led to an October harvest.

Harvest Dates: Pagani: 28 September, Mancini: 9 October
Grapes: Average Brix 23.2˚
TA: 6.70 g/L
pH: 3.60
Fermentation: Whole cluster pressed. Natural fermentation. Natural malolactic. Fermented and aged in barrel: 10% two year old Acacia barrels and 90% five-plus year old American oak.
Barrels: 100% air-dried American oak barrels (10% new, 5% one year old, and 85% five-plus years old)
Aging: Ten months in barrel

Hand-harvested, sustainably grown grapes; whole cluster pressed; fermented on the native yeasts; natural malolactic bacteria; minimum effective sulfur for this wine (35 ppm at crush, 109 ppm over the course of aging); pad filtered at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

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