Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre Old Vine Enz, 2019 so041522 french wine sale The deep Monterey Bay offshore

The deep Monterey Bay offshore canyon drives a constant upwelling of cold water that cools the whole region

The tannins are present but polished

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Meix Foulot lets its wines arrive when they're actually ready to drink — and here that means a 2020 red with six years of age already behind it

Dirty and Rowdy, Mourvedre Old Vine Enz, 2019 so041522 french wine sale The deep Monterey Bay offshoreThe Enz Vineyard is a piece of California history: dry farmed, own rooted Mourvedre vines planted in 1922 in the tiny Lime Kiln Valley appellation of San Benito County, with the site acquired by the Enz family in 1967. The limestone and granite soils and roughly 100 year old vines give Hardy Wallace some of his most distinctive, mineral driven fruit, and he handles it simply: whole cluster fermentation, native yeast, neutral 600 liter barrels, then