2019 Tessier Soul Love

Region: El Dorado + Arroyo Seco < California Grapes: Riesling, Trousseau, Mourvedre Vineyard/Cellar Stats: Uncertified organic farming; Riesling is from the Arroyo Seco Zabala Vineyard, and spends 3 days on skins in stainless steel); Trousseau is from San Benito's Stiletto Vineyard, and it is 50% whole cluster, foot stomped, and aged in neutral French oak; Mourvedre is from El Dorado's Goldbud Vineyard, and it is 25% whole cluster, foot stomped and aged in neutral French oak; then the juice is blended and aged in tank for 1 month; bottled unfined/unfiltered with 20ppm So2; 12.7% ABV; 94 cases Winemaker: Kristie Tacey The Tessier homepage, with a provocative image the 1965 film Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and the Velvet Underground line, “Here she comes, you better watch your step,” tells you a lot about Kristie.  She is fierce, and not afraid to flex her power, or her femininity. She’s also incredibly smart. I mean, really, smart -- as in “former microbiologist who worked on the Hu