2016 La Clarine Farms ‘Mo-Ma’ Red

Price: $27 Region: Sierra Foothills < CaliforniaGrapes: 66% Mourvedre, 33% MarsanneVineyard/Cellar Stats: Biodynamic farming; volcanic soils; aged in Flextank for 5 months; bottled directly off of the lees unfined and unfiltered; 15ppm of SO2 at bottling only.Winemaker: Hank Beckmeyer Hank is a cool dude who makes a range of fantastic, organically farmed, and naturally made Cali wines. We love that he posts his farming and winemaking philosophy front and center on his website: LaClarineFarm.com.  Almost as much as we love this wine, California glou-glou at its finest. Mo-Ma (short for Mourvedre-Marsanne) is a lively and delicious co-ferment of these two grapes – yes, red and white, all jumbled together – from volcanic soils. Beautiful orangey-red in color, the wine starts off smooth and silky, with plum, cherry and bitter orange Campari-esque notes, then expands in the mouth to finish rounder, with pepper, stone and herbs. It’s dangerously drinkable. After one sip, you will want an