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Broc Cellars Love Red 2021

Broc Cellars call it a ‘Californian Cru Beaujolais’ and it’ll certainly delight chilled on a warm day.

Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo), Valdiguié, and Syrah (Shiraz)

$63.00

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Red Fruit, Black Fruit, and Floral, Leather / Earthy

BODY: Light
DRYNESS: Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): Moderate (9-12%)

Origin: California (Napa, Sonoma, Russian River Valley & More), United States of America

Grape Varietals:
Carignan (Carinena, Mazuelo), Valdiguié, and Syrah (Shiraz)

Winemaking:
Natural Winemaking
Whole Cluster Fermentation

Maturation: Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Barbecued red meats, tomato based pastas, or picnic food

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Chinese braised beef brisket, roast duck, spicy cumin lamb skewers

Broc Cellars

Broc Cellars is a Berkeley-based natural winery that makes refreshing and approachable wines for everyday drinking. Established in 2004 by owner and winemaker Chris Brockway, we use native fermentations and organically-grown grapes.

Description

Broc Cellars Love Red 2021

Grape varietal & region: 72% Carignan, 20% Valdiguié and 8% Syrah. The grapes come from 70+ year-old vines in Solano County’s Green Valley and Mendocino County. Wirth Vineyard is in Solano County’s Green Valley, an area between Napa and Suisun Valley. Both Rosewood and Ricetti Vineyard are in Mendocino. The grapes of each vineyard grow in sandy loam soils and come from dry-farmed and head-pruned vines. Wirth Vineyard practices non-certified organic farming. Ricetti and Rosewood are both certified organic.

Taste profile: Broc Cellars Love Red is a blend of Carignan, Valdiguié and Syrah. The Carignan delivers blue fruit flavours in the wine. Valdiguié brings out the brightness and lifting acidity. Syrah holds it together, adding depth and structure. An extremely pretty and approachable red. Fruity and floral nose with aromas of plum, blueberry and lavender. Fresh and light palate without being boring, has soft tannins, a nice acidity and good weight. Fruit-driven flavours of crunchy red currant, strawberry, red cherry, plum and blackberry with a slight earthy touch. Closes with a serious spicy fruit finish.

Winemaking process: Early harvesting of Love Red grapes to highlight the fruit and preserve the acidity. The Carignan is a combination of whole cluster and destemmed fruit from three 70 year-old dry-farmed vineyards in Northern California. The Valdiguié is 100% whole cluster and the Syrah is mostly destemmed. The wine ages in a combination of neutral French oak barrels and concrete tanks.

Bright & Easy Reds

Easy drinking red wines with bright fruit aromas and low tannins. The wines are often released without much aging in tank, oak barrels or bottle, and are meant to be drunk early

These wines typically can be nejoyed without food, and are usually served cooler. They can be light bodied wines like Beaujolais, or light extraction styles that do not emphasize tannin & color extraction