2022 Stagiaire 'Still Life With Hillside', California, USA Enzo Boglietti macerated for a few hours

macerated for a few hours

Cooked in brick ovens

000 vines / hectare - 4

This wine is produced within the Touraine appellation but intentionally declassified to Vin de France

notably John Seccombe

2022 Stagiaire 'Still Life With Hillside', California, USA Enzo Boglietti macerated for a few hoursPlaying around with Zinfandel in red(ish) form again for the first time since 2018. It was that wine and vintage where I began playing around with infusions of whole clusters in direct pressed juice. A way of drawing out maceration periods without creating overly tannic and weighty wines. Some great flavors and nuanced characteristics often don't come out until fermentation is almost finished and this allows me to capture those while maintaining