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Dirty and Rowdy Family Wines
WINTER RELEASE 1/16-1/29
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Greetings!
Though it may not always be practical to open 5 bottles in a night, our 2018 Winter release is a complete experience. It is best to think as these wines as chapters in a book or songs in an album, which follow a particular theme. The order presented is our suggested progression, but in the end it is up to you. Ideally, we encourage you to gather a band of sisters and brothers and pop them all over a lengthy lunch - stealthily knowing that it will become an early dinner that will end in glass clinking sing out loud songs from deep in your souls.
The red wines in this release should be decanted for 60 minutes or more. Though inviting while "popped and poured,” an hour plus in the decanter reveals so much more nuance and intricacy in these wines.
As we step into this new year, beyond being true to their place in space, if these wines have anything to say, it is, I love you. We hope you find this in every sip and reflection of these wines over the year(s) to come.
2016 Shake Ridge Ranch Mourvèdre
$47 per 750ML / $100 per 1.5L
132 cases 750 ML produced / 10 cases of 1.5L
12.4% ABV
If there were ever any doubt that Shake Ridge was the spiritual home of Dirty and Rowdy, the ’16 solidifies it. It is our lightest, warmest, most inviting expression of Shake Ridge to date. From the start of it’s own Strawberry Fields Forever, the wine flows and descends through essential, joyful, red fruited wonderlands. The depth and concentration on such a light wine is mind boggling- Finesse, elegance. and hugs. Since the release of the 2011, Shake Ridge Ranch has been our most popular wine. The ’16 sings, "Hello everybody, so glad to see you.”
2016 Enz Vineyard Old Vines Mourvèdre
$47 per 750ML / $100 per 1.5L
39 cases 750 ML produced / 10 cases of 1.5L
13.8% ABV
WTF!?! If Shake Ridge drinks for D&R comfort, Enz drinks for true buckle up kids adventure. A nose to tickle your pickle and a black hole of old vine fruit flavors imploding upon themselves while Aaron Neville like falsettos float weightlessly above the density. Enz’s old vine, dry farmed fervor comes through with pure electricity.
2016 Alder Springs Merlot
$50 per 750ML
94 cases produced
13.5% ABV
"Hold me tight and don’t let go.” Stoned fruit - Chambord, Framboise, nectarine, plum, and black top pavement. You’ll be whacked on the nose with intense aromatics making you think you are going to be hit with a rich and weighty wine, BUT the palate comes in juicy, alive, fresh and layered. It’s like daydreaming while watching the water sliding off your windshield at the car wash. The ’16 Alder Springs Merlot is giving, generous, and sand-stoney delicious.
2016 Fred & Dora’s Petite Sirah
$44 per 750ML
75 cases produced
13.5% ABV
Finesse, fanciness, and a confluence of light and dark forces. The 2016 Fred & Dora’s brings the right mix of deepest darkest black fruits with a crack of cacao, fresh celery and riesling like minerality. The wine is on rails, structured, lengthy, alive…It cries out for slow cooked foods, after dinner walks, and giggly mumblings of, “I am the Walrus."
2015 Traditional Method Pinot Blanc
$47 per 750ML
75 cases produced
12.5% ABV
Vinous and vigorous. The 2015 Traditional Method steps to the plate for the last vintage swinging for cerebral fences. Warm and oxidative notes pull in deep persimmon, gold and copper. It may start highbrow and brainy but it ends in chorus of, “Love is all you need. Love is all you need." We are proud to be finishing our run with sparkling wines with what is surely the champ.
We thank you for your incredible support and the sharing of our wines with your family and friends. We hope you love the winter release.
Cheers,
Kate, Hardy, Matt, Amy
