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release 9. May 2021
Release 9 Wines
Terre di Chieti “il Mostro Bianco” 2020
Grapes: 80% Pecorino, 20% Chardonnay
ABV: 12.5%
Winemaker: Nicola Marchesani
Viniculture: Organic - one of the first organic vineyards in Italy, certified in 1978. Grapes are hand-harvested
Remelluri “Labastida” Rioja 2015
Grapes: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha
ABV: 14%
Winemaker: Telmo Rodriguez
Winemaking: Fermented in stainless steel, then transferred into oak barrels for 12 months.
Region: Labastida, Rioja, Spain
Bichi “Rosa” Rosé 2019
Grapes: Nobody knows for sure
ABV: 12%
Winemaker: Noel & Jair Téllez
Viniculture: Fully organic
Winemaking: Utterly natural. No intervention of any kind–just fermented grape juice, put into bottle.
Region: Valle de Guadalupe, Baja, Mexico
Maraneli Mukuzani 2014
Grapes: 100% Saperavi
ABV: 13%
Winemaker:
Viniculture:
Winemaking: fermented in stainless steel, aged in oak barrels of varying ages.
Region: Kakheti, Georgia
Château les Croisille Cahors
Grapes: Malbec 100%
ABV: 13%
Winemaker: Bernard and Cécile Croisille
Viniculture: Organic, sustainable viticulture since 2010, grapes are hand-harvested
Winemaking: 20 day maceration on the skins, aging in old 225 liter oak barrels for 12 months.
Region: Cahors, Southwest France
illicit 7
Grapes: 99% Pinot Noir, 1% ??
ABV: 13.3%
Winemaker: Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen
Viniculture: Organically farmed, from one of the greatest vineyards in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
Winemaking: Blended across three vintages–2017, 2018, 2019.
Region: Willamette Valley, Oregon, and 1% somewhere else :)