United States
Saint Helena Maple's Spring St. - 2016 - Hardy Wallace
Dirty and Rowdy
A lighter style, made from Petite Sirah, with notes of crisp black fruit typical of this grape variety. On the nose: black cherry, prune, olives, coffee... A suave, spicy palate, balanced by a gentle acidity and beautiful tannins. A little delicacy, crafted for long ageing... as is only fitting: this is a cuvée for the next generation, created during the same vintage that saw the birth of Kate and Hardy’s first child!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- United States
- Degree of alcohol
- 13.5 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
A cuvée made from 100% Petite Sirah (also known by the name Durif, created from an accidental crossing of Syrah and Péloursin) from vines planted on sandy clay soils. From a vineyard in St. Helena, in Napa Valley, farmed organically, and with manual harvesting. In the winery: maceration and fermentation of whole clusters, with indigenous yeast, and a gentle pressing. Matured on its lees, in French oak barrels that have seen 5-8 wines. Neither filtered nor fined, and racked only at bottling.
Hardy Wallace
Hardy Wallace is a next gen winemaker whose energy and contagious enthusiasm is shaking up California’s Napa Valley! His was a long journey towards winemaking, which started after the economic crisis of 2008: Hardy lost his job in Atlanta, and found himself catapulted into the California wine world as a social networking manager for a big estate. Learning the business on the job, a few months...
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