2018 Two Shepherds Carignan Trimble Vineyard

Region: Hopland < Mendocino < California Grapes: Carignan Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified organic farming, dry-farmed, 45-year old vineyards; lightly foot tread before whole cluster pressed to neutral French barrel for 9 months for aging on heavy lees, and racked twice prior to bottling, unfined/unfiltered with minimal SO2 added; 12.18% ABV; 525 cases Winemaker: William Allen NEW VINTAGE ALERT! William Allen slings software by day, but his heart is in the Rhône. He was making wine in his garage and blogging about it for years before going pro with Two Shepherds, his two-human, 1 donkey and 4 goat micro-winery He works with purchased grapes, careful about organic, and models his wines on the Rhône and other French styles he loves, making tiny lots of old world, low-intervention bottlings from cool climate sites. Owned by Richard Trimble, second generation grower, who was raised on the vineyard as a child, Trimble produces only 2 varieties, Carignan and Cabernet, both certified or