Birichino - Scylla Blend 2020
Birichino is located in Santa Cruz, California in the United States . The estate was founded in 2008 by Alex Krause and John Locke after 40 years of winemaking experience in California, France, Italy and elsewhere. They source from a number of family vineyards planted in the 19th and early 20th century, carefully cultivated in more moderate, marine-influenced climates. Their preference is for minimal intervention, most often favoring fermentations with indigenous yeasts, using neutral barrels or stainless steel vats, minimal racking and fining, completely avoiding filtration when possible. They work nine vineyards: Antle, Bechthold, Besson, Boer, Enz, Jurassic Park, Lilo, Oasis and Peter Martin Ray.
Scylla is a blend of Carignane from Matt and John Shinn in the Mokelumne River section of Lodi , Grenache from Les Bessons and Mourvèdre from the Enz family . The harvest is manual and the entire harvest is destemmed. The alcoholic then malolactic fermentation takes place in neutral barrels. The aging lasts 9 months.
Grapes: 50% Carignane, 48% Grenache, 2% Mourvèdre