2018 Broc Cellars GOT GRAPES Valdiguié

Region: Mendocino < CA Grapes: Valdiguié Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming at two dry-farmed North Coast vineyards: Rosewood, with sandy clay loam soils at 400 ft elevation in the city called 10,000 Buddhas in Ukiah & Ricetti Vineyard, also in Mendocino; grapes are destemmed and fermented on the skins then pressed sweet into tank where they finished fermentation and aged in neutral French oak barrels for 6 months;zero added SO2; 12% ABV; 400 cases Winemaker: Chris Brockway WHY IS THIS A UNICORN?  Zero-zero Valdiguié glou glou that tastes like a grapey romp through a cranberry forest. Like our Donkey & Goat friends and so many natural winemakers in Cali, Chris operates more like a négociant in that he don't own any vineyards (nearly impossible in CA), but manages the farming for most.  He works out of an urban winery in Berkeley (an old ink factory that he transformed) across the street from a cement plant and a motorcycle-repair shop.  Also, like many vintners these day