2020 Nue Wilde Cabernet Sauvignon Busalacchi Vineyard

Region: Clement HIlls AVA < Lodi < CA Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming, small family vineyard; Cometa,Montpellier and Rocklin soils of volcanic origin (granite/tufa);destemmed but in an effort to be light on the grape skins, the wineis not crushed. The juice took about 3 days to start fermentation.Fermentation continued slowly, 2 punchdowns a day throughout for atotal of 16 days on the skins; aged in neutral oak barrels; bottledunfined/unfiltered with minimal added So2; 200 cases; 12.5% ABV Winemaker: Ben HerodNue Wilde is the new project from our friend Ben, formerly of Oro enPaz.  He's sourcing fruit from organic vineyards and making wine in an old-school, hands off fashion.  The grapes for this Cab hail from asmall vineyard in the newly designated Clements Hills AVA in Lodi,farmed organically by the Busalacchi family.  It's a fantastic littlecorner of of the Sierra Foothills for viticulture, with the coolsummer breezes off the San Francisco Bay