2020 Two Wolves Semillon

Winemaking: 50% skin contact. Native yeast. After hand harvesting, a portion of the fruit was destemmed and put into neutral puncheons for skin contact. It spent 27 and 36 days on the skins and gentle punchdowns twice a day. The other lot was pressed as juice and fermented in neutral French oak. Both lots matured in neutral oak, until all were blended together and bottled in the summer.

Vineyard: Right left vineyard. Block 2 (0.46 acres). N-S Rows. Santa Barbara County. Planted in 2015 to Clone 2 on Rootstock 1103P. Soil: Positas fine sandy loam with gravel.

Vintage notes: The start to 2020 was cool and late. The abundant sunlight and moderate temperatures made for an ideal summer. Heat waves in September posed a challenge for harvest, but the vines showed resilience and produced fruit that was still balanced and flavourful.

Tasting notes: If one-eyed Willie has a last wine, this would be it. I want to drink this on a pirate ship that’s just come trhough a storm. Notes of brioche, Bosc pea, quince, brine and kelp. Viscous and textural, but finishes bright with layers nad layers to unpack. This wine keeps on going and evolving, from one wonderfully weird thing to the next. What a delicious adventure. – Alecia Moore, Two Wolves