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Texas Keeper Cider Noir – Cider Noir is made from 100% Northern Spy apples double fermented with extra dark belgian candi, pecans and orange peel. Belgian candi, made from beet and date sugar, is a classic component of Dubbel and Trippel Ales. Dark fruit and toasted bread notes from the candi combine with ripe pear from the Spy. A hint of pecan and orange round out this stout cider. 11.1% ABV

Martin House Cookies & Cream – Cookie Dough Stout 6.2% abv & Rich Cream Ale 6% abv Combo pack!

Founder’s Frootwood– They took a crisp, light-bodied cherry ale and hid it away in oak barrels that have held both bourbon and maple syrup. After a lengthy stint, it emerged a changed beer, blanketed in notes of warm vanilla and earthy sweetness. The wood proves itself the star of this beer, adding depth and taming the tart cherry while the maple imposes a velvety texture that lingers for not a moment too long. 8% ABV

St Bernardus Christmas Ale – This specialty beer is characterized by its deep dark colour, with a creamy, thick head and a full, almost velvety taste with a fruity nose. Brewed annually for the holiday season, the long winter nights are perfect moments to savour this ale with or without friends and to enjoy its unique, complex taste. 10%ABV

Odell Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout – Lugene Chocolate Milk Stout is brewed with milk sugar and milk chocolate. The rich and creamy brew reminds us of a cold glass of chocolate milk and our hometown “Aggie” roots. 8.5% ABV

Saint Arnold French Press– French Press is an imperial coffee porter brewed with Java Pura Coffee Roasters Espresso blend coffee. 9.4%ABV

Saint Arnold Christmas – A rich, copper colored, hearty ale perfect for the holiday season with a malty sweetness and spicy hop character. The generous use of five different malts is responsible for the full flavor and high alcohol level of this beer. 7.5% ABV

Champion Family Recipe – This Vienna Lager made with Vienna malt, Magnum, and Saaz hops is a partnership between Champion Brewing and Duke’s Mayonnaise to produce the perfect lager to pair with the south’s favorite sandwich – a mouthwatering, Duke’s-slathered BLT.

**No mayo was used in brewing this beer** 5.1%ABV

Eden Deep Cut Harvest Cider – PROFILE: Dry, hazy, full-bodied. APPLE VARIETIES: Golden Russet • Somerset Redstreak • Dabinett • Yarlington Mill • McIntosh • Empire. 6.2%ABV

Eggenberg Helle Weizen – Inspired by the delicate wheat beers of Bavaria, Eggenberg’s newest release is a full-bodied and open-fermented Hefeweizen brewed with both sunny days and snowy nights (on the slopes) in mind. Waves of banana and clove coat the palate as you’d expect any traditional Bavarian wheat beer to, but the hint of bubble gum that lingers behind is the first sign that just one sip of this beer won’t be enough.
Tasting Notes: Banana Cream, Clove, Bubble Gum, Raw Honey, White Pepper 5%ABV

Big Bad Baptist Naked Baptist – BID BAD DISCLAIMER: what you are about to drink is the naked depiction of Big Bad Baptist in the way our brewers intended it. Whiskey Barrel Aged deliciousness, unadulterated by coffee or cacao. Our brewers have been begging to bottle this beer for years. 2021, they get their wish. 13.1%ABV

Epic Big Bad Baptist Double Jam – Raspberry, Blackberry & Coffee together – like breakfast on a Sunday morning – in what we like to call the most important beer of the day. Enjoy at the crack of dawn or as an endcap to the perfect evening, we don’t judge! 13.1% ABV

Big Bad Baptist Double Barrel – Double Whiskey barrel stout. Aged with barrel aged coffee and cacao. 12.2%ABV

Big Bad Baptist Chocolate Mint – Enyoy-Mint, Refresh-mint, Chocolate-Mint! Big Bad Baptist Chocolate Mint is made with fresh mint & a copious amount of cacao nibs. Notes of mint live in harmony with silky chocolate & coffee flavor. “Get the sensation” of Refresh-Mint with every sip.12.9%ABV

Big Bad Baptist Black Forest Cake– Have you ever had a cake & drank it, too? Chocolate, ripe cherries, & fresh coconut are layered into this decadent beer. The Sammelsurium of ingredients coalesce into the liquid form of a classic German treat. Skip the dessert & reach for a bottle of Black Forest Cake.12.3%ABV

Epic Big Bad Baptist In The Rye – Pineapple Sour with Cherries, Lactose, and Cake Flavoring. 6.5%ABV

Fair State The Luxury or Restraint – 6%ABV American West Coast IPA

Panther Island Hazy Cat – Packed with notes of citrus, melon, strawberry and smells/tastes/is ridiculous amazing. Double dry hopped with Sabro, Huell Melon & El Dorado hops this cat is everything you want in a 7% New England IPA.

Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale – Mahogany in color, wholesome in body, lightly spiced, a heart-warming feast day ale from our table to yours.9%ABV

Ingenious Neapolitan Ice Cream Sundae Stout – Milk stout aged on cacao nibs, vanilla beans, and strawberries. 8.3% ABV

903 Moosesicle Slushy – Cara Cara, Orange, Vanilla, and Marshmallow Berliner Weisse Style Ale!! Packed with more fruit than we’ve ever put into a beer!

Rootstock Belgian Cider – Fermented using a traditional Belgian beer yeast. Fresh peach and apple blossom aromas accompany a pleasant minerality and apple flavor that makes this cider one that is not to be missed 6.5%ABV

Rootstock Hopped Hard Cider – Hopped Hard Cider is a semi-dry cider made from estate grown Crispin apples and locally grown Cascade hops. This heavily aromatic cider exhibits a bouquet of fresh lemon and pine paired perfectly with the taste of fresh picked apples. With its balanced sweetness and acidity this unique cider is sure to please beer and cider drinkers alike. 6.9%ABV

NOLA Black Berry Squeeze – Wheat Ale with Blackberry 5.5ABV

Legal Draft Legal Holiday – A rich winter warmer made with roasted malts, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. 8% ABV

Bardos Mestizo Yellow – Gleaned with friends from a private, old orchard (with some more current plantings) on Occidental Road in Sebastopol, this cider was aged clean in stainless with no added yeast or sulphites. It is mainly older Jonathans with some recently planted Russets and other mid-varietal fall apples. Aged for only 6 weeks, the result is a very fruity, bubblegum-meet-fejoia nose and a dry mineral finish.

Harvested sporadically over the course of weeks throughout September, 2020. Bottled on November 20th, 2020, the day of ♀.

Firestone Walker XXV -This year’s winner, our 25th Anniversary Ale, is a blend of Parabola Autumn Edition, Tequila Barrel Merkin, Brandy Barrel Barley Wine, Stickee Monkee, and Whiskey Barrel Wheat Wine.

-The Final Blend-

Parabola Autumn Edition – Aged in Bourbon Barrels (41%)
Russian Imperial Stout

Tequila Barrel Merkin – Aged in Bourbon Barrels (28%)
Milk Stout

Brandy Barrel Barley Wine – Aged in Brandy Barrels (13%)
Blonde Barley Wine

Stickee Monkee – Aged in Bourbon Barrels (10%)
Central Coastal Quad

Whiskey Barrel Wheat Wine – Aged in Tequila Barrels (8%)
Strong Golden Barley Wine

11.5% ABV

 

New Wines This Week

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Chateau d’Oupia Les Hérétiques Pays D’Hérault – André Iché inherited an impressive 13th century castle and a large estate in the barren Minervois region. Iché, now in  his mid sixties and never a member of his village coop, tended his very old vines and made his wines but sold everything in bulk to local négociants. Fifteen years ago, a Burgundian winemaker happened to be in Oupia, tasted Iché’s wines, and was so enthused that he convinced Iché to bottle and market his production. Since then, Iché has become an eternal twenty-year-old.

He has expanded his vineyard holdings and now also vinifies several cuvées of Minervois with the best production, the Cuvée des Barons and Nobilis, aged in new oak barrels. He has rebuilt a cellar, and is now contemplating buying and cleaning up some overgrown and steep terraces that have been abandoned since the late 19th century.

The Minervois Tradition is 60% Carignan (from vineyards up to 100 years old), 30% Syrah and 10% Grenache. It is aromatic, full and densely colored, with a long finish of dark fruits. The wine is elegant and balanced — it is both enjoyable to drink young and can age 5-7 years. Cuvée des Barons and Nobilis are 60% Syrah and 40% Carignan, from a selection of old vines in the best plots, and are aged in Bordeaux barriques for 20 months. They are slower to evolve than the cuvée Tradition, and exhibit more elegance and restraint, but similar dark berries and spicy aromas.

“Château d’Oupia has produced the ideal bistro wine. Dark, ruby-colored, the wine is wonderfully clean and pure, with an exuberant personality, and gobs of rich, peppery, red and black fruit…Bravo to proprietor André Iché!”

Zulal Areni Classic 2018 – Areni is Armenia’s leading red grape variety, capable of making energetic wines full of bright fruity flavors. Zulal, meaning ‘pure’ in Armenian, was created to express the purest characteristics of Armenia’s indigenous grape varieties grown in volcanic soils at high elevation. The 2018 Areni is a classic expression of the ancient Areni variety.

The 2018 Areni is an aromatic wine with notes of red cherries, plums and notes of pepper. On the palate it’s medium-bodied, with refreshing acidity and concentrated flavors of berries and spices. 13% ABV

 

New Draft Beers This Week

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3 Nations Pecan Pie Porter – Lighter than our stout series, this beer is moderately bitter with roasted pecans and a buttery pie crust. 6.7% ABV

Zilker Camp Beer – Hazy Pale Ale 5.3%ABV

Nebraska Gimme S’more– We’re fans of the great outdoors and one of the things that makes the mind wander to thoughts of camping is a great fire and S’Mores. We’ve taken a newly formulated Brown Ale and blended in a perfect amount of vanilla and created the equivalent of a S’More in a pint glass! While there is no actual chocolate or marshmallow in here, you’ll be hard pressed to convince your senses that they’re not. 5.2%ABV

(512) 13th Anniversary – Azacca Fresh Hop Session IPA 4.25%ABV

Great Divide Peach Milkshake IPA – Tis a peach milkshake IPA. 6%ABV

Canarchy VII Doomberry – A crushable blend of berries that’s relentlessly flavorful, ruthlessly juicy and infused with electrolytes. A bigger, badder, seltzer than the norm at 7% abv, it will leave you lusting for more.

Lagunitas Unrefined Shugga – This new iteration of Shugga’ has all the rich, winterly-warming flavors you know and love from our fan-fav seasonal sweet release, with a fancy upgrade—Whole Cane Sugar added to the brew. Along with this sweet update comes a new name: Unrefined Shugga’. 10%ABV

Left Hand White Russian Nitro – Indulge in a devilishly delicious stout. Inspired by the famous German dessert, Black Forest Nitro tempts taste buds with tart black cherries and aromas of rich chocolate cake. Layers of flavor reminiscent of spiked fresh cherries and dark chocolate ganache cascade on a canvas of nitrogen. The super smooth mouthfeel is delicate and light while staying diabolically decadent. Crack a can and enter into temptation. 7.7% ABV

Samuel Smith’s Winter Welcome – This seasonal beer is a limited edition brewed for the short days and long nights of winter. The full body resulting from fermentation in ‘stone Yorkshire squares’ and the luxurious malt character, which will appeal to a broad range of drinkers, is balanced against whole-dried Fuggle and Golding hops with nuances and complexities that should be contemplated before an open fire. 6%ABV

Stone Xocoveza– A Mexican hot chocolate inspired stout. Intense cinnamon, cocoa and coffee are followed by nutmeg and peppers. As the beer warms up, the flavor combinations evolve and the cocoa and vanilla notes really start to open up. 8.1%ABV

Left Hand S’mores Milk Stouts – Stout with cacao and toasted marshmallow 6%ABV

St. Bernardus Watou Gift Set – Gift pack with Pater 6, Prior 8, Abt 12, Tripel, & A Glass Included Glass. Happy holidays!

Wild Acre Gingerbread Snap’d – Snap’d is an American Strong Ale, treated with an in-house spice blend to achieve the characteristics of a traditional holiday gingerbread. 8%ABV

Dutchess Ales Walser Pale Lager – Walser Alpine Lager owes its inspiration to the crisp mountain Lagers of the Swiss Appenzell.  Rich golden in color with a delicately balanced profile of German Pilsner malt, two varieties of Munich malt, and Spelt.  Hopped with choice Hersbrucker, Tettnanger & Hallertau Tradition – meadow herbs and subtle spicy floral elements marry fait notes of juniper and candied citrus. 4.8%ABV

Dutchess Ales Augur Porter – Augur is our classic English Porter with a touch of East Coast nuance.   Brewed with the finest Maris Otter, a variety of roasted barley and wheat malts as well a varied spectrum of crystal malts.  A dry, crisp and satisfying mouthful of proper ale with a dash of toasty biscuit and cacao.  Hopped with Willamette, Glacier and Crystal hops for woodsy, fresh presence 4.6%ABV

Equilibrium Fluctuation DDH DIPA – Fluctuations from the sun hurl particles of plasma towards earth and create the dramatic display known as the Aurora Borealis. Fluctuation is our 8.1 % DIPA that releases bright tropical notes of passion fruit, mango, pineapple, and lychee with an undercurrent of sorbet and cream. Fluctuation tastes highly resinous and tropical with an assertive yet soft bitterness and our #EQjuice finish. Fluctuation features the Aurora Borealis, illustrated by local artist, Julia Green. 8.1% ABV

Equilibrium Fractal Mosaic – Fractal Mosaic is the first release from our small-batch Research Series. A fractal is something simple at the core yet can produce wonderful and amazingly complex results. The fractal series will have only pale malt and a single hop (simple). We will use these beers to investigate how different hops manifest through our processes, allowing us to optimize both our use of hops and our hopping techniques. Fractal Mosaic pours a resinous-hazy-straw yellow releasing complex aromas of dank citrus, earthy grass, tropical melon, and a hint of berries (complex). The taste is highly resinous, piney, juicey, with a slightly creamy mouthfeel, and a firm but rounded bitterness. The medley of characteristics makes the name “Fractal Mosaic” warranted indeed. 6.8% ABV

Equilibrium MC3 TIPA – The evolution is here and we are excited to bring it to you. MC³ breaks the laws of physics and implodes reality. Our flagship DIPA ‘MC²’ is photon’s hopping rate SQUARED, this TIPA is photon’s hop bill CUBED. Where Photon explodes into a rainbow of flavors, our first ever Double Whirlpool (DW) creates a rainbow of flavor that gets focused back to a singular stream of deliciousness as the next step in this energy evolution. This unique DW works synergistically with the appropriate Energy DH treatment.
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MC³ is basically MC² on the maximum permissible dose (MPD) of steroids. Extremely bright citrus, big mango, and assorted melon aroma and flavors. A dense hop saturated mouthfeel from our Double Whirlpool coats the tongue and our EQ juice is amplified by our Energy dry-hop methods to near cosmic boom levels. 10% ABV

Equilibrium MC2 DIPA – mc² is Photon’s big brother. We literally took Photon’s hopping rate and squared it. This DIPA is our tribute to the amazing relationship that energy and mass are balanced, proportional to the speed of a photon squared. It pours a hazy tangerine color, releasing bright tropical notes of mango, pineapple, and apricot. mc² tastes like succulent mango juice loaded with chewy hop resins. It’s very drinkable for 8.0%; be careful, this one can sneak up on you

Equilibrium Light At The End Of The Tunnel – Light At The End of The Tunnel uses Photon as its inspiration with some modifications and upgrades including an all Survivable hop blend for the whirlpool and a large dose of Lupomax Citra in addition to a supersized Photon hop bill. Aromas and flavors of soft pineapple, navel orange, stone fruit, EQ’s rainbow melon, and lime juice radiate with a touch of pine resin at the finish making this beer an easy drinking accompaniment to celebrate the fact that we hopefully have the finish line in site. 6.8% ABv

Tilquin Gueuze L’Ancienne – The Gueuze Tilquin à l’ancienne (7.0% alc / vol) is a spontaneous fermentation beer obtained from the blending of 1, 2 and 3 years old lambics. Unfiltered and unpasteurized, it is re-fermented in the bottle for a minimum period of 6 months. The lambics used were fermented and matured in our own oak barrels at the blendery. They are made from worts brewed by Boon, Lindemans, Girardin and Cantillon.

The taste is tart and dry but has a certain roundness that makes this Gueuze à l’ancienne particularly accessible for non-experts. It will also delight fans of the genre for its sweet complexity. It also has a slight dry bitterness because of the youth of the oak barrels used, as they still release some tannins. It has a fresh lemony nose.

Tilquin Oude Mirabelle – During this season 20|21, we blended a new fruit beer, the Mirabelle Tilquin à l’ancienne 7.0 % alc. (available in 37,5cl & 75cl), which is is made from the fermentation of 240 g of Mirabelle plums by liter of lambic. 7% ABV

Tilquin Rullquin – Made with central Texas wildflower honey

Odd Side Ales Marshmallow Coconut Hazel’s – Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with coffee, coconut, natural hazelnut and toasted marshmallow flavorings. 11% ABV

Odd Side Ales Mayan Mocha BBA – Inspired by Mexican hot chocolate. It is carefully blended with Dutch chocolate coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, and habaneros which will leave you with the perfect balance of chocolate and heat. 11% ABV

Martin House Puppy Chow – Stout with Peanut Butter, Chocolate, Powdered Sugar, and Chex. 8% ABV

Martin House Delilah – Cran-Raspberry Sour. 10% ABV

Tupps Ugly Sweater Holiday Spice Amber Ale – Amber ale brewed with holiday spices. 5.2%ABV

Elgin Meadery Cyser Aromatis – Made with central Texas wildflower honey

 

New Wines This Week

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Caruso e Minini Catarratto 2018 – Located on Sicily’s western-most coast near the town of Marsala, Caruso & Minini boasts a history that harks back to the late 1800’s when Antonio Caruso bought the company to grow grapes for the nearby Marsala factories. The company was passed through subsequent generations until Nino Caruso finally decided to begin making and bottling his own wine in the mid 1900’s. In 2004, Stefano Caruso joined forces with Mario Minini of Lombardy to launch the present-day winery, producing wines from indigenous Sicilian varietals such as Catarratto, Nero d’Avola, Frappato, Inzolia, and Nerello Mascalese. Today, Stefano’s daughter Giovanna works closely with her father to head up this historic winery.

Fresh and clean. Elegant and balanced fragrance that ends in a mineral and long finish. Pair with a simple lemon pasta, white meat or stand alone as an aperitif.

Bright straw yellow. Perfumed aromas of ripe tropical fruit, white flowers and lime. Bright and crisp but with a suavem rich mouthfeel that coats teh palate with previse Catarratto Lucido flavors of apricot, lime and herbs. Closes long dense and multilayered with a pungent floral quality. An absolutely knockout Catarratto, very likely the best I tried this year. Native yeasts and stainless steel only. Though the label doesn’t state so, this is 100% Catarratto Lucido. 13% ABV

Hamilton Russell Ashbourne 2018 – A blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Chardonnay, the 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Chardonnay opens to a Sauvignon Blanc nose with the added richness of the Chardonnay to round the edges of the greenness associated with Sauvignon Blanc. While the notes of green bell pepper are present in the glass, there is a sweet caramel-apple tone hiding just under the grapefruit tones, becoming more evident on the palate. The wine is medium-bodied and has a slight touch of sweetness on the palate, as this does have almost two grams of residual sugar. It ends with a simple finish that lingers with tons of juicy pears and grapefruit.

– Anthony Mueller, The Wine Advocate, 2020. 13.5%ABV

Palivou, Anemos, Agiorgitiko 2020 -A deep-colored purple wine with intense fruity and clean aromas and the dominated flavors of cherries, strawberries and gooseberries. The silky mouthfeel and the grape juice aftertaste give the impression that you are tasting grapes from the vineyard during September.13.5%ABV

Les Enfants Sauvages “Che Chauvio” Rouge – “Che Chauvio” is a phrase from the Occitan dialect meaning “If you knew” because it is so atypical, if you only knew where it comes from… This wine comes from 3 vineyards (2 plots of Cinsault and one plot of Syrah).

Syrah is pressed to tank / Cinsault is harvested at ripeness and added (whole-cluster) to the Syrah mid-fermentation for 3-5 / racked and pressed and finished in stainless steel. 11.5% ABV

Georges DuBoeuf Beaujolias Nouveau – An intense, brilliant cherry colour with purplish tints. Complex nose with red and black berry aromas. A smooth wine with fine tannins, harmonious and complete. Ideal for all occasions, from aperitif to cheese. 100% Gamay 12.5%ABV

 

 

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New Wines This Week

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Southold Farm & Cellars Future for Miracles 2020 –

Another year, another killer Syrah vintage from RCV. Now don’t expect a huge wine here, this is the more finessed side of Syrah, the fun side of Syrah… The wine then opens up with a bouquet reminiscent of the first few days of spring- floral, all roses and dirt, the first ripe plums of the season. Drink it now or set it aside for a couple of years if you can be patient.

Unfortunately for all of us, there are a measly 95 cases. And we’ve contemplated drinking all of it ourselves.

THE TECHNICAL INFO

-Varieties: 92% Syrah, 8% Viognier-
-Vineyard: Robert Clay Vineyards
-Soils: Decomposed sandstone and granite
-12.24% alcohol
-SO2: 35 ppm
-95 cases produced

Southold Farm & Cellars [18 to 1] 2020 – Petit Verdot always strives to be a monster, tannic, brash… this is why it’s always used sparingly in Bordeaux. Luckily this vintage, we had a perfect foil to this monster in the Mataro. That brashness is quieted to a dark rumbling, while bright red fruit dances throughout. Like an African Rhino with its Oxpeckers, these two are symbiotic.

THE TECHNICAL INFO
-Harvest August 18th, 2020
-13 days primary  and aged 12 months in French Oak
-Complete malolactic fermentation
-SO2: 30 ppm
-ABV:  12.7%
-94 cases

Southold Farm & Cellars Weapons of Choice 2020 -Once again, let us remind you, this is Cabernet Sauvignon from a time before fruit bombs and 2×4 oak elements. A time that solidified this as a major variety in France. Like those, this is a wine of finesse, a true expression of Cabernet Sauvignon in Texas, that you can only find here. Restrained, savory, and just damn delicious. This wine will definitely continue to evolve and blossom if you have the patience!

THE TECHNICAL INFO

-First Harvest August 1, 2020,
-16 days primary and aged 10 months in neutral barrels
-Complete malolactic fermentation
-35ppm SO2
-122 cases

Southold Farm & Cellars Little Bit of Swing 2020 – 100% Petit Verdot. It’s big and brash. Though this wine is a baby, don’t let it fool you, this a hungry baby at 3am pissed off you decided to start sleep-training it. Sure you could get up, or in this case open it, and it enjoy it now, but you’ll be so much happier you gave it time to develop on its own. So with that we suggest at least an hour decant when opening, you’ll both be much happier.

THE TECHNICAL INFO
-Harvest August 7th, 2020
-13 days primary  and aged 12 months in French Oak
-Complete malolactic fermentation
-35ppm SO2
-122 cases

Vinca Minor Moonland Rosé – Moonland is Jason Charles of Vinca Minor’s delightfully playful project of co-fermenting grapes, apples, and pears to explore what resiliency and sustainability look like in the dramatic and ever-changing climate of northern California. While the subject is serious, the wines are whimsical and taste as good as they look!

Petit Verdot + Gravenstein Apples

Wildmakers Brias de Guarilihue Rose 2019 – Fresh Rosé from the Itata Valley. 12% ABV

Château Malbat Bordeaux Rouge 2019 – Since 1865, Château Malbat is the pride and joy of the Rochet family. Located at the heart of the Bordeaux wine region, between the Garonne and the Dordogne rivers, the family vineyard stretches over 85 hectares (210 acres) and benefits from a climate perfectly suited to the production of the finest Bordeaux wines. Indeed, this oceanic climate combines morning mists, which provide high humidity in the atmosphere, with a strong sunshine during the rest of the day favoring grape ripening.

“Lovely deep purple colour. Ripe fruit aromas, particularly cherry and plum. Elegant, fruity and supple body, with round tannins and a smooth finish.”-Winemaker Notes

Constant Crush Cab Franc Field Blend 2020 – The beauty of the Eola Springs Vineyard is that its size provides an expansive range of soils, elevations, and aspects. This young field blend block of Cabernet Franc is grown on a northwest-facing slope on ancient marine sedimentary soils at the northern end of the site. The vines are planted at nearly twice the density of the old vine block, and to three clones of Cabernet Franc. Steiner, a California Heirloom selection, 214 & 327 selections from the Loire Valley.

• The Willamette Valley, and Eola-Amity Hills AVA are large with many varied soils, aspects and hidden valleys to be explored. It is with this in mind that we seek sites and farmers to work with who share our interest in understanding what this wine-growing valley is possible of.

• Fruit was harvested in mid-October and captured the warmth of the season showing sage, kalamata olive and dark violet fruit flavors. Only 50% of this fermentation was whole cluster and as a result the wine has firm tannins and a darker fruit profile than the 2019 vintage.

Constant Crush Flavors in Blend 2020 – Sauvignon blanc has a truly unique character in the Willamette Valley, when farmed similarly to the other varieties more common in the region. It is intense and exotic having ripe guava and tropical fruit notes and a weighty and full mouthful of fruit. The extended daylight hours and UV light that the Willamette Valley receives during the growing season is responsible for the photodegradation of pyrazines and as such the variety delivers non of its characteristic grassiness. In fact, the variety ripens so fully here that we decided that it required the added fresh acidity that comes from heirloom clone Chardonnay. Together these varieties create a more engaging and harmonious white wine. 12.8% abv

Field Recordings Paso Piquette Project -This piquette came about as a community effort as well: We gathered pomace from 9 other wineries in the Paso Robles area and brought it all back to Tin City to make this wine.

If you’re not familiar with this style, it’s made by rehydrating skins that have been crushed in production. We let the skins soak for a few days, then ferment. The result is a bubbly, low alcohol, super drinkable red wine. Yum.

Tastes like: Candied raspberries, Bonne Maman Mixed Fruit preserves, Lavender and Sage. 7% ABV

Borja Perez Artifice Listan Tinto 2018 – “Produced with Listán Negro from different vineyards, altitudes and soils, the 2018 Artífice Tinto fermented mostly in stainless steel with some stems, thanks to the new destemmer he bought. The wine matured separately in oak barrels and foudres for 10 to 11 months and then was blended together and bottled. It has a meaty note on the nose, quite different from the majority of Listán Negro wines from the island, reminiscent of boiled ham, with a smoky/flinty touch. It’s juicy and very pleasant, with a soft texture. With time in the glass, notes of dried petals and subtle pumice stone emerge, along with a peppery twist and volcanic undertones. It has bright flavors and very good freshness, tasty, spicy and a little herbal with nuances that Pérez attributes to the use of the stems. It’s only stems… but I like it! 8,500 bottles and 280 magnums produced. It was bottled in March 2018.” Wine Advocate

“100% Listán Negro sourced from different parcels in Ycoden Daute Isora. Each parcel is vinified separately in steel and concrete tanks and blended into Frech Foudres and very old french barriques. It rests 8 months in vitro before release.” importer

Borja Perez Artifice Listan Blanco 2018 – 100% Listán Blanco (called Palomino in the region of Jerez) from old vines. The wine was fermented and aged in 500 liter French barrell. The wine was then aged for 7 months on the lees. Minimal sulphur was added at bottling. The volcanic soils lends a fine mineral aspect to this refreshing white wine.

 

 

 

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