Stolpman Vineyards Own Rooted Field Blend 2020

Winemaker’s Notes

Stolpman Vineyards Own Rooted Field Blend

Background
Today, we stand proud with 13 acres of tightly spaced, pre-clonal, head-pruned, revolutionary vineyard blocks. These blocks, entirely farmed by hand, singularly represent Stolpman’s fanatical pursuit of quality. With so many vines crammed into each hillside, roots compete and each vine focuses its energy on ripening just 2-4 tiny clusters packed with concentrated flavor. Perhaps the purist reflection of the vineyard: completely hands off, uncrushed grapes fermented whole, without any additives or sulfur. The goal here is to make a wine that reflects only our terroir and the mix of grapes we have planted here. Un-grafted Vinifera balance themselves, and we try to capture their most delicate nuance by avoiding extraction or other winemaking influences.

VINTAGE
The warm 2020 vintage shows itself in the Own Rooted Field Blend with beautifully ripe red fruit. The carbonic fermentation keeps the wine light and lifted – a seamless tight rope balance.

Vintage
2020

Varietal
34% Grenache, 33% Mourvedre, 33% Syrah

Appellation
Ballard Canyon

Vinification
No Sulfur added, whole-cluster carbonic fermentation

Cooperage & Elevage
100% neutral French Ermitage 500L puncheons

Alcohol %
13.4

Production
130 cases