2020 Railsback Frères ''Cuvée Spéciale" Bien Nacido Vineyard Syrah, Santa Maria Valley, California, USAABOUT THIS WINE Inspired by their Northern Rhone heroes, this is almost entirely whole cluster fermentation with no sulfur added. Fruit is sourced from steepest block of Bien Nacido vineyard. The wine was aged for 17 months in neutral French oak barrels. Bottling was done without fining or filtration. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Railsback Frres began as a ros project in 2014 by brothers Lyle and Eric Railsback, who call their ros Les Rascasses (scorpion fish

with longer aging in bottle

they worked their four hectares of vines while tending the vines of other winemakers to make a living

herbicides

Sergio passed away in 2000

Naveran makes handcrafted Cavas from their own vineyards

soft water

some without any

and Petit Verdot

the GAJA winery purchased a 30-acre farm in Serralunga d’Alba and rechristened it Sperss

we also had a shorter length of skin contact time and a higher percentage of new oak

and without the over-extraction of fruit

The Langhe Rosso is aged for approximately 6 months