2015 Scholium Project '1MN' Bechtold Ranch Vineyard Cinsaut, California, USA St. Reginald Parish Floppy Giggle Day Mount Gambier

Floppy Giggle Day Mount Gambier

left on all the lees and solids

partially destemmed

SOILClay loam soils

The mouth is fleshy

2015 Scholium Project '1MN' Bechtold Ranch Vineyard Cinsaut, California, USA St. Reginald Parish Floppy Giggle Day Mount GambierThis wine is composed of 100% Cinsault from the amazing Bechtold Ranch vineyard, planted in 1870 on its own roots, in deep, sandy loam soil deposited by the Mokelumne River, flowing down from the Sierras. The vineyard is on the west side of Lodi in an area where the ground is often heavy, clay loambut Bechtold is in the old flood plain of the Mokelumne, and its Sierra sand balances the heavy loam. The vineyard is so old and healthy that it has never