Caleb Leisure 'Just Under There'
Cabernet Sauvignon & Zinfandel, 2022
Alexander Valley > Sonoma County > California
Hand-harvested from 20 year old vines, dry farmed in Alexander Valley, with incredibly small yields, concentrated fruit from small berries of equal parts Cab Sauv and Zinfandel. This cuvee is Caleb’s first rosé-like wine. It’s definitely pink from a quick foot stomp and pressing within an hour. Fermented spontaneously in clay and stainless and aged in tank. This baby spent a whole year in bottle before release, it is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Cabernet Sauvignon & Zinfandel, 2022
Alexander Valley > Sonoma County > California
Hand-harvested from 20 year old vines, dry farmed in Alexander Valley, with incredibly small yields, concentrated fruit from small berries of equal parts Cab Sauv and Zinfandel. This cuvee is Caleb’s first rosé-like wine. It’s definitely pink from a quick foot stomp and pressing within an hour. Fermented spontaneously in clay and stainless and aged in tank. This baby spent a whole year in bottle before release, it is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Cabernet Sauvignon & Zinfandel, 2022
Alexander Valley > Sonoma County > California
Hand-harvested from 20 year old vines, dry farmed in Alexander Valley, with incredibly small yields, concentrated fruit from small berries of equal parts Cab Sauv and Zinfandel. This cuvee is Caleb’s first rosé-like wine. It’s definitely pink from a quick foot stomp and pressing within an hour. Fermented spontaneously in clay and stainless and aged in tank. This baby spent a whole year in bottle before release, it is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon (4 different clones), 50% Zinfandel
Soils: Calcareous alluvium (clay loam)
ABV: 12%
The Story: Caleb Leisure makes all his wines himself, farming about a third of the fruit. He is dedicated to principles of organics and permaculture. His winemaking is guided by ancient traditions bringing Georgian qvevri to his earthen cellar in Cloverdale, California. No additions or subtractions of any kind are made at any point with his wines, keeping them fresh and absolutely wild.
Personality: Bright red fruit, spice, electric acidity, some really delightful melon-y action, nose of Toys-R-Us nostalgia, Red Rock Canyon, bayleaf, ethereal structure, and a whisper of arid tannin with a long ass finish.
Harmony: Gather your coven and do some spell casting or tarot. This wine transcends anything as pedestrian as food, but with killer acid a wide range of options would work.