Vineyard: Ricetti

AVA: Redwood Valley, CA

Farming: Organic, Dry Farmed

Harvest Date: 9 October 2025

Bottling Date: 8 April 2026

Alc: 12%

Cases: 100

The fall Carignan from Ricetti is the same fruit as the ‘enhorabuena’ spring rosé, but picked a few weeks later for more color, more tannin and a higher final alcohol.  In 2025, the small rain event and subsequent cooling in early September allowed us to hang the Carignan for this red wine longer than we were able to in 2024.  While the cooler weather meant a little less richness and alcohol than in 2024, the long hang time of 2025 was excellent for creating mature flavors and tannins in the grapes.

At the winery, the Carignan was fully foot crushed and placed into tank 100% whole cluster.  It spent 8 days fermenting on skins, after which it was pressed to tank to finish fermentation.  Once dry, the Carignan was barreled down to neutral oak barriques, to go through malolactic fermentation and age over the winter.

In late March, the Carignan was racked to tank for bottling.

Indigenous yeast fermentation. 20 ppm SO2 at bottling, no other additions, unfined and unfiltered.