Meza Wine Club - July 2025
Enthusiast Red / Red
Wine 1: Margins Paicines Grenache
Paicines Ranch Vineyard is located in San Benito County in the Paicines sub-AVA. The vineyard is only one of the many inspirational agricultural projects taking place on this land, which is home to a host of other programs, including holistic planned grazing of cattle and sheep, organic minimum-till vegetable production, academic research studies, and educational workshops. In 2013 Paicines Ranch owner Sallie Calhoun saw a presentation by viticulturist Kelly Mulville regarding a style of vineyard management that he trialed between 2008 and 2010 that included the use of year-round sheep grazing in the vineyard with the goal of improved soil health and diversity. Kelly was invited to join the Paicines Ranch team in 2014 to begin vineyard design on a 25 acre site that had been a conventional vineyard from 1965-1995. After this period, the site was grazed by cattle for about 20 years until Kelly joined the team and employed the use of high stock density grazing by sheep and cattle from 2014 until the first round of planting in 2017. Site preparations for the future vineyard required installation of a newly designed high trellis system which ensures that the sheep are not able to reach any of the leaves or grapes during year-round grazing. At this time, this is the only vineyard in California able to employ year-round grazing of sheep.
100% destemmed. Fermented on skins for seven days. Aged in neutral oak for four months. Native fermentation, no fining, no filtration, no other modifications or additions except 30 ppm of sulfur dioxide the week before bottling. Notes of juicy cherry, bramble berry and black plum. Pair with grilled meats and charcuterie.
Wine 2: Pares Balta Grosella Red
With this new wine from Sumoll, Grosella, we return to our origins. By recovering little-cultivated varieties, we want to pay homage to that ancestral agriculture, which was practiced in the past, and which at Parés Baltà we have never forgotten. The large grain Sumoll has surprised us on how it exhibits its intense aromas with bright colors and mallow nuances. It has a very fruity pulp with thick and tinted skins, it shows all its splendor in a fresh and attractive wine. A great summer red option that can be served slightly chilled!
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