Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre Evangelho Vineyard, 2019 ITALYCOUNT Vines are 25-60 years old

Vines are 25-60 years old

More in the spirit of Loire Valley reds or Beaujolais Cru than modern Chilean Cabernet

sourced from a tiny vineyard in the Côte Brune

and this Beaune premier cru was released to mark the house's 153rd anniversary

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Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre Evangelho Vineyard, 2019 ITALYCOUNT Vines are 25-60 years oldThis is Dirty & Rowdy's single vineyard Mourvedre from the legendary Evangelho Vineyard, a patch of ancient, own rooted vines growing in deep Contra Costa sand near the Sacramento River delta. The sandy soils and old vine age give this bottling a wilder, more perfumed character than the multi vineyard cuvees, and Hardy Wallace treats it accordingly: whole cluster fermentation, foot crushing, neutral vessel aging, then bottled unfined and unfiltered.