2017 Amplify Carignane Camp Four Vineyard

Region: Santa Barbara County < CA Grapes: Carignan Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Organic farming (practicing); gravely loam soils; foot-crushed whole-cluster on the bottom, layering uncrushed whole-cluster on top, creating a mixture of regular and carbonic fermentation, then pressed off after 12 days; completes primary/secondary fermentations in neutral barrel and ages in barrel for an additional 5 months before being bottled unfined/unfiltered with 10ppm SO2 Winemaker: Cameron and Marlen Porter I had the pleasure of visiting Cameron Porter last summer at his production facility in Santa Maria, tasting his wines at the source – and was seriously blown away. Cam and his wife Marlen are making some of the best natural wines in Santa Barbara County under their brand, Amplify, working thoughtfully and respectfully, rather than dogmatically. Cam explains, “I don’t consider what we do non-interventionist. For me, it’s like any other piece of artwork. You start with this block of clay and shape i