2019 Hatton Daniels ‘RDB' Red Blend

Region: Lodi < CaliforniaGrapes: Rotburger (aka Zweigelt), Dornfelder, BlaüfrankishVineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming (uncertified); limestone/granitic soils; co-fermented in stainless steel and aged in neutral oak; bottled unfined/unfiltered with no added So2; zero-zero; 11.54% ABV; 95 cases Winemaker: Dan Fishman Another killer wine from Dan Fishman of the tiny Cali wine project Hatton Daniels, a friend from my nerdy sommelier tasting group. Dan, a quiet, modest and incredibly smart dude, left his PHD program to pursue the wine dream and conspired with 3 friends in 2009 to start Hatton Daniels, with the goal of making honest, terroir-specific, natural wines. And they love weird grapes, like the Austrian and German varietals here.  Dan explains his RDB blend: "In 2019 we harvested our Dornfelder (part of which is allocated for rose), Blaufrankisch, and Rotburger (Zweigelt) on the same day. We combined some of the Blaufrankisch with the Dornfelder that did not go to rose to fer