Carignan 'Ricetti Vyd'

• 100% Carignan 
• Ricetti Vineyard (Redwood Valley, Mendocino County) 
• Planted in 1948 • Head trained, dry farmed (non-irrigated) 
• Practicing organic vineyard 
• Gravelly loam soils 
• 100% whole-cluster, native yeast fermentation in stainless steel 
• A mixture of punchdowns and pumpovers were used to gently extract tannin 
• Pressed prior to dryness and aged in neutral oak barrique for 9 months 
• Unfined and unfiltered. (sediment expected) 
• 534 cases produced 
• Free SO2 8 mg/L (Total SO2 41 mg/L) 
• 12.5% abv

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