As the intensities of Harvest begin to fade into the now-falling rains, time affords a new exhilaration of contemplation; time to think, to ponder, to reflect …
Time to sort through a furor of chronicle for the esoterica that slipped through un-memorialized …
Time to shine a light on the rarities, the wonders, the unexpecteds …
As for example, my completely unexpected stumble into a press session for that most elusive of grapes; Viognier …
Elusive, in that it can only be found in two small geometries within the great quilt of vineyards we call home …
Lytton West. 157 acres all told; a mere .5 of it Viognier …
You’ve seen it, perhaps, when looking closely at a label of our Syrah …
Perhaps you’ve read of our approach to its co-fermentation …
But have you seen it being pressed?
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#Harvest2012.
You can still feel it.
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