2017 Subject to Change Coastview Vineyard Grenache

Grape: Grenache Region: Santa Cruz Mountains < CA Vineyard/cellar stats: Organic, zero-input farming; 75% whole cluster, fermented in open top bins; cap manipulation was a combination of pigeage and pump overs for a total of 65 days on the skins; elevage in neutral french oak for 10 months; bottled unfined, unfiltered and untouched; no sulfur is harmed in the making of this wine (zero-zero); 134 cases; 13.8% ABV Winemaker: Alex Pomerantz Subject to Change, a project from our friend Alex Pomerantz, is relatively new on the natty Cali wine scene.  We love his commitment to using only organic or biodynamic fruit (something not all “natural” winemakers insist on) and eschewing all additives, including added sulfites, in the wines.  For him, it’s all about the pristine quality of the fruit, which comes from the legendary Coastview Vineyard, farmed by Father-Son duo John and Parker Allen, 2400 feet up the Santa Cruz mountains, with a view clear out to the Monterey Bay.  John and Parker fa