Enfield Wine Co., Tempranillo-Grenache-Pinot-Graciano "Pretty Horses", California 2018

Tempranillo, Grenache, Pinot and Graciano 

Pretty Horses is made in a fresher, juicer style than our Shake Ridge single vineyard Tempranillo and is meant for younger drinking. It combines lightness of being, luxurious tannins and its own distinctive sweet spice. It is an extremely versatile food wine, anything with a little salt makes it pop and is seemingly impervious to oxygen. It lasts open for days, a gradual journey from fruit to earth and rock.

Both lots were co-fermented with 5% Graciano for brightness and acidity. The bunches were partially de-stemmed into an open top fermenter where the grapes were gently foot tread and punched down 1-2 times a day during a native yeast fermentation. The wine was aged for 14 months in neutral oak barrels including approximately 20% American Oak.

Tasting notes include soft cherry, black walnut, sassafras, marshmallow and a long finish that is way above its pay grade. Perfect for drinking now.