Iruai 'Bloom Phase' Red, Applegate Valley 2024 (750 ml)

50% Grenache / 50% Gamay Applegate Valley AVA - Steelhead Run Vnyd. & Four Diamonds Vnyd. 12.5% ALC / 500 cases produced A California riff on the lighter, high toned Southern Rhone reds we drank in Provence over the Summer, long ago. Bloom Phase is a combination of whole cluster fermented Grenache and Gamay and made to usher in the warmer months. Fresh and zesty, with a tropical and peppery nose, crunchy red and blue fruits, and that smooth finish you've been looking for your whole life! BLOOD ORANGE . HEAD SHOP . DEEP RASPBERRY . ROSE PETALS FOOD adobo pork steak / peach, mozz, and mint salad MOVIE ‘Inherent Vice’ TAROT The Sun Iruai Winery (“ear-oo-eye" … the artist formerly known as Methode Sauvage) was started in 2013 by Chad and Michelle Westbrook Hinds in Berkeley, CA as a gypsy natural wine project, before laying down roots in Michelle’s beautiful hometown of Etna, CA in the mythical Shasta-Cascade mountains of Siskiyou County in 2019. Trading in the urban winery hustle for