Las Jaras Wines "Waves" Mendocino County Old Vines White

Vineyards: the Colombard comes from the Ricetti Vineyard in Redwood Valley, just north of Ukiah. Vines planted in the 1950s, dry farmed, certified organic.   Barbera is from Testa Vineyard in Redwood Valley, certified organic   Chenin Blanc comes from Norgard Vineyard in Talmage, certified sustainable (soon organic), planted in 1980   Making of: French Colombard and Barbera are both late-ripening varieties, but were picked pretty early here. The Barbera (a red grape) was quite heavily cropped, so it had very high acidity and very little color. Direct-pressed, settled for a day, then racked to tank. When the natural fermentation started, the must was transferred to a number of non-stainless steel vessels: large format oak, concrete eggs, and sandstone amphora, where the wines then rested on their lees for five months. The wines were then racked and blended with the Chenin blanc to bring up the minerality. The wine was not fined, but the winemakers decided to filter it because “when you