Llewelyn 'Juvenilia' Grape + Apple Red Wine 2023

Llewelyn 'Juvenilia' Grape + Apple Red Wine 202350% Syrah, 40% Chenin Blanc, 10% Gravenstein Apple I change this cuvee every year The Syrah is from AMT vineyard in Calpella, Mendocino County, about thirty minutes north of the winery. The Syrah is destemmed and macerated for 6 days. The Chenin is from Saureel Vineyard in El Dorado County. TL; DR: Syrah doing an impression of Dr. Pepper (on pebble ice), cherries, sagebrush and bay leaf. Pete Bloomberg, winemaker

and much of the vineyard has been left unpruned for the past several years

many decades of selling from their cellar door meant that 95% of the wines went to private clients

in her husband’s honor

The Chenin Blanc for the ‘L’Insolite’ is fermented for 2 months in large wooden foudre and aged for 12 months on fine lees in foudre as well

salinity and savoriness

To serve it now

and continue their work exploring alternative varieties and pushing the boundaries of what is possible in this high-quality wine region

I ended up pouring the first vintage Álvaro imported by the glass for almost the entire summer of 2019

elegant richness on the palate

Scythian Wine Co

who converted to organic agriculture and began bottling the estate’s production himself

and a warmer side of the room