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Ryan Stirm 'Pajaromas Vermentiño'

$25.00
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Santa Cruz County > California

Vermentino w/Albariño & Furmint 2024

Ryan Stirm is one of the winemakers to keep your eye one. He farms the Pajaromas Vineyard in Santa Cruz County himself - a 2-acre site behind the winery just a few miles inland from Monterey Bay. These fertile river floodplain lowlands are typically planted to strawberries, raspberries, lettuce and apples, but grapes also thrive in the mild, Pacific ocean influenced climate. The vineyard was planted to be dry-farmed and the vines are spaced 10 feet apart on a diamond pattern to allow for the most growth between vines given the rich soils found here. About 70 percent of the vines are Vermentino, about 22 percent Albariño and 8 percent Furmint. He chose these varieties as they thrive in the soils and climate conditions found here. Albariño is of course a Spanish grape, and Furmint Hungarian in origin, but go with it – the bulk of this field blend is our beloved Italian friend Vermentino - still an unusual and singular white blend!

Santa Cruz County > California

Vermentino w/Albariño & Furmint 2024

Ryan Stirm is one of the winemakers to keep your eye one. He farms the Pajaromas Vineyard in Santa Cruz County himself - a 2-acre site behind the winery just a few miles inland from Monterey Bay. These fertile river floodplain lowlands are typically planted to strawberries, raspberries, lettuce and apples, but grapes also thrive in the mild, Pacific ocean influenced climate. The vineyard was planted to be dry-farmed and the vines are spaced 10 feet apart on a diamond pattern to allow for the most growth between vines given the rich soils found here. About 70 percent of the vines are Vermentino, about 22 percent Albariño and 8 percent Furmint. He chose these varieties as they thrive in the soils and climate conditions found here. Albariño is of course a Spanish grape, and Furmint Hungarian in origin, but go with it – the bulk of this field blend is our beloved Italian friend Vermentino - still an unusual and singular white blend!

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Blend: 70% Vermentino, 22% Albariño, 8% Furmint

ABV: 13%

The Story: Ryan Stirm is praised as being one of the important young winemakers emerging from California’s new guard. But he doesn’t get caught up in all the buzz, and instead obsesses over the process of making this boozy elixir we love. He attended prestigious nerd school Cal Poly because it had a great wrestling team but got sucked into their wine and agriculture program after a few seasons. He landed winemaking stints in California, Austria, and Australia, and soon he was ready to start his own winemaking project. It wasn’t lab-grade, sterile wine that Ryan was after, however, he was most captivated by wines that reflected a sense of place and poised to seek out the most unique and rugged vineyards found on the Central Coast.

Personality: Bright notes of grapefruit, pear, and white fl owers with texture on the palette from the barrique aging.

Harmony: Try olive oil braised baby artichokes with burrata, stinging nettle salsa verde, pine nuts and olives. In Sardinia it is typically served with "porceddu,” Sardinian roasted suckling pig. It also enhances risottos, omelettes, and fresh cheeses.