2017 Tessier Grenache Fenaughty Vineyard

Region: El Dorado County < California Grapes: Grenache Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Uncertified organic farming; high altitude vineyard; clay loam soils with volcanic debris and traces of granite; 60% whole cluster, lady foot stomped, then fermented and aged in neutral French oak ; bottled unfined/unfiltered with minimal So2; 13.2% ABV; 122 cases made Winemaker: Kristie Tacey NEW VINTAGE ALERT! The Tessier homepage, with a provocative image the 1965 film Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and the Velvet Underground line, “Here she comes, you better watch your step,” tells you a lot about Kristie.  She is fierce, and not afraid to flex her power or her femininity. She’s also incredibly smart. I mean, really smart, as in former-microbiologist-who-worked-on-the-Human-Genome-Project smart. In 2006, she left the field of science for wine, but never lost the discipline, bringing that scientific precision and geekiness to her winemaking. She started her own project in 2009, working with a handful of f