Caleb Leisure 'AB OVO' Co-Ferment
Syrah, Mourvedre, Viognier, Friulano, 2023
El Dorado County > California
Caleb’s flagship co-ferment of white and red varietals. With a 6 day maceration on the skins, and fermented spontaneously and aged in qvevri and steel, this salty, aromatic baby is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Syrah, Mourvedre, Viognier, Friulano, 2023
El Dorado County > California
Caleb’s flagship co-ferment of white and red varietals. With a 6 day maceration on the skins, and fermented spontaneously and aged in qvevri and steel, this salty, aromatic baby is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Syrah, Mourvedre, Viognier, Friulano, 2023
El Dorado County > California
Caleb’s flagship co-ferment of white and red varietals. With a 6 day maceration on the skins, and fermented spontaneously and aged in qvevri and steel, this salty, aromatic baby is a wild wine designed for balancing a chaotic world. Certified organic.
Blend: 40% Syrah, 20% Mourvedre, 30% Viognier, 10% Friulano
Soils: decomposed granite, volcanic 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: Aromatic, crunchy, garrigue with that quintessential brine from the Syrah, balanced by plummy blackberry, lemon curd, nettle, and blackberry cemented by a complex and celestial backbone.
Harmony: Gather your coven and do some spell casting or tarot. This wine transcends anything as pedestrian as food, but might as well try this with some bloody meat and see what happens.