Primitivo

Fres.co · SONOMA VALLEY, CA, USA
This wine is grown by Ross Cannard, at Benguerel Family Vineyard on Los Robles series gravelly clay loam. The vineyard is own-rooted and dry farmed, and is managed without any viticultural sprays. The wine shows aromas of red cherry, raspberry, blackberry, as well as black currant, and black plum. Medium tannic structure with refreshing acidity.

Farming
Dry farmed, no spray, do-nothing farming

Harvest Method
Hand harvested

Varietal
100% primitivo

Age of Vineyard
Planted in 1995

Vessel
Stainless and neutral French oak

Vineyard Yield
2 tons/acre

Soil Type
Los Robles gravelly clay loam

Annual Production
1800 bottles

VInification
After hand harvesting, the wine was 100% destemmed to a stainless steel open top tank. Ambient yeast began to ferment the wine and it was punched down twice daily. Pressed 2/3 of the way through fermentation, it was finished in a stainless tank then barrelled down to neutral French barrels and puncheons for aging. It aged for 8 months prior to bottling, where 30 ppm SO2 was the only additive.