2019 Liquid Farm Ancona’s Cuvée IV Rosé of Graciano (From a secret vineyard in Happy Canyon, Santa Barbara)
Learn about this gem by watching Ancona's Wines Life In A Bottle Season #2, Episode #20 with special guest James Sparks (Winemaker at Liquid Farm)
Codey Foster's notes:
We’re thrilled to witness the potential of Graciano. The end product is bone dry and just a hair shy of 10.5% alcohol. It is driven by the essence of grapefruit oil, fresh yellow apple, peach juice, citrus rind, and a whisper of salinity. Having poured the first glass it’s painfully obvious that the biggest mistake we made was not bottling more magnums. So crushable. Farmed organically.
Purchase the wine HERE.
Read the story courtesy of Codey Foster, Wine Director, below:
Since 2015 we’ve worked with Jeff and James to collaborate on a series of custom bottlings that capture unique single vineyard snapshots through the lens of Liquid Farm.
And for the first time ever, the result is a pink wine.
Although Liquid Farm has a track record of making outstanding Bandol-eque rosé from Mourvèdre, this particular Cuvée offers an exciting new riff on LF Pink.
James and I started talking about where to source some fruit right around this time last year.
James had a lead on a 'new' fruit source for a rare planting of Graciano grapes, located in Happy Canyon.
As truth be told--Liquid Farm had actually seen this parcel of fruit in the past with the understanding that the fruit was Mouvédre rather than Graciano--and at some point it occurred to James that the barrels from this particular vineyard were just a bit different than the other barrels of Mouvèdre—lighter, prettier, and less funky.
It made total sense when he found out it wasn’t actually Mourvèdre at all.
About Graciano: This heirloom grape variety hails from the Rioja region in Spain where it is prized for its bright acid, concentrated perfume, and longevity.
The combination seemed meant to be.
In July of 2019, we reserved a section of the 'secret vineyard' to be harvested on behalf of Ancona’s for LF IV.
The fruit was harvested on September 20th of 2019.
Check out image #2 - this is the actual fruit arriving at Liquid Farm.
While the regular Liquid Farm rosé sees a few hours on the skins to extract color, flavor and tannins, Ancona’s IV pressed immediately to keep the end product delicate, and pale. After fermentation, the wine rested in barrel for a few months before bottling on February 4th of this year.
Purchase the wine HERE.
Please Note:
Orders are due by this coming Wednesday, April 29 at 5PM and will be filled first come first served
All orders must be placed through www.anconaswines.com--we are currently only offering cubside pick-up, delivery, or shipping (we ship nationally now, with some exemptions)
You will receive a confirmation email when your order is received and, in the case of curbside pick-up, you will receive a second email when the order is assembled and ready to go (this is key)
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