Llewelyn "Hildy" Rose Mendocino 2024

Llewelyn "Hildy" Rose Mendocino 2024Notes from Pete the winemaker: tl; dr: Dark ros of old vine Carignane. A year and change in barrel, with a little help from the skins of a new vintage. Very electric and high acid salted red grapefruit, chewing on plum skins, Friday night, and the smell of sun baked rocks with moss growing on them.

blossom/pollen hinted

Aromas of orchard fruit

Being this close to the sea you can feel the influence of the Mediterranean microclimate

They are truly distinct

20% Carignane

With Domaine Ozil “Rochette” Blanc

Steve was getting trash-talked for making wines that were "too French" in California to being an elder statesman of the new-wave California movement of the past decade

age-worthy wines from more obscure grape varieties

tangy plum

Zsolt's philosophy is centered around the trust and faith that is needed to make wine without sulfur

After all that

which reflects the heavy influence of the French and their colonial legacy in Lebanon