Palate

The aromas and flavors are irresistible – tart berry, fresh whipped cream, blood orange and a touch of vanilla – which combined with Grenache’s pure chalky tannins, help fine tune your senses. – Jordan Fiorentini, Winemaker

Growing Conditions

Paderewski Vineyard:

Travel just west of Paso Robles, and you will find Paderewski Vineyard: 67 acres of undulating, steep, limestone rich hillsides within 570 rural, spring-fed acres. In the early 1900’s, this vineyard was cherished and farmed by world-renowned pianist, Polish diplomat, and vintner, Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Fast forward a century, and this property stood forgotten and fallow. Lucky for us, in 2004, we became the stewards of this amazing piece of property.

Planted: 2004
Acreage: 95 under vine, 570 total
Soils: limestone, calcareous, rocky
pH: low to mid 8
AVA: Paso Robles
District: Willow Creek
Red Varietals: Grenache, Mourvedre, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Tempranillo, and Zinfandel
White Varietals: Grenache Blanc, Picpoul Blanc, and Viognier

Catapult Vineyard:

Directly in the heart of the Paso Robles’ Templeton Gap, near the acclaimed L’Aventure and Booker Vineyards, sits our Catapult Vineyard. In 2008 we came across 45 barren acres of extreme rocky soils packed with silicious shale and little limestone content. Just the type of soils we love; soils that encourage the vines to struggle while finding nourishment deep within the ground. The reward of this hardworking vine are berries packed with wicked complexity and intense flavors.

Though barely three miles from our Paderewski Vineyard, the pH level at Catapult Vineyard is in the high 5’s. A nice complement to the dirt over at “Rewski”. This pH difference, coupled with the cooler mesoclimate at Catapult allows for different flavor profiles from the fruit produced.

Planted: 2008
Acreage: 28 under vine, 45 total
Soils: shale, clay, silt, rocky
pH: high 5s
AVA: Paso Robles
District: Willow Creek
Red Varietals: Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah, and Tempranillo
White Varietals: Grenache Blanc,Roussane, and Viognier

Winemaking

Drumroll… our 2012 Sensibility is 100% Grenache! And Grenache purity is what you will get! This wine is the result of an experiment to age our Grenache in concrete for the first year of its life, which helped preserve its intense aromas and enhance its minerality and texture.

Fermented in concrete tanks
Unfined and unfiltered

Aging

Aged for 12 months in a concrete egg and 4 months in neutral French oak puncheons