Birichino - Scylla Blend 2022
Birichino is located in Santa Cruz, California in the United States . The winery 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 centuries, carefully cultivated in more moderate, marine-influenced climates. Their preference is that of minimal intervention, most often favoring fermentations with native yeasts, using neutral barrels or stainless steel tanks, 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 2022 is a blend of Carignane from Matt and John Shinn in the Mokelumne River section of Lodi and Mourvèdre from the Enz family . The harvest is manual and the entire harvest is destemmed. Alcoholic then malolactic fermentation takes place in neutral barrels. Aging lasts 9 months.
Grape varieties: 78% Carignane, 22% Mourvèdre