2023 A Tribute to Grace Besson Vineyard Grenache Central Coast, USA Pray Tell The wine refines in French

The wine refines in French oak cask for 30 months and then rests in the bottle for a minimum of 12 months before its release

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VINIFICATION: The grapes are destemmed and crushed and fermented naturally with wild yeast in stainless steel tanks

it was disgorged and bottled with zero dosage

essential characteristics for long-lived wines

2023 A Tribute to Grace Besson Vineyard Grenache Central Coast, USA Pray Tell The wine refines in FrenchThe Besson Vineyard sits just shy of the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation, on the Hecker Pass linking Santa Cruz to Gilroy. Planted in 1910, this historic vineyard was brought to fame years ago by Randall Grahms Clos de Gilroy, and I was lucky enough to be offered three gracious tons in 2013. Owned and farmed by third generation farmer George Besson Jr, these amazing head trained vines now look remarkably like wizards. The vines are spaced 8x6 on a