and 2019 is a benchmark Barolo vintage: ripe but cool-nerved
and gentian root—into non-GMO neutral grain spirit for two weeks of maceration
A sophisticated alternative to Champagne at a friendlier price
seafood pastas—or just keeping something sharp
Concentrated red and black cherry with notes of raspberry
Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre Shake Ridge Ranch, 2019 101625OFFER and 2019 is a benchmarkShake Ridge Ranch is one of the most respected vineyards in the Sierra Foothills, sitting around 2,000 feet up in Amador County on decomposed granite studded with soapstone and quartz, organically farmed since 2013. Of all the Mourvedre sites Hardy Wallace works with, Shake Ridge consistently delivers the darkest, deepest flavors, so this is the brooding end of the Dirty & Rowdy spectrum, though still made with his light hand: whole clusters,