The Gentleman v10

Consistently one of my favorite red blends that we make. The Gentleman is such a balanced and very complex, layered wine. You’ll notice that we typically don’t vintage date this wine. This allows us to pull wines from older (and often younger) vintages to build a blend of this kind of depth. The varietals also shift slightly from year to year, but almost always circle around my favorite Italian varietals: Sangiovese, Barbera and Nebbiolo. These complex varietals build the backbone and layered structure, allowing me to pull a thread of consistency from blend to blend. For v10 we went all the way back to the blends roots balancing between the 3 original varietals 29% Nebbiolo, 29% Sangiovese, 29% Barbera & 13% Alicante Bouschet.

The Vineyard:
Out on the far edge of the sprawling Lodi Appellation sits the Clements hills. This area is scattered with old low foothills of alluvial wash over the top of many feet of cobblestones. It’s one of the most scenic sub appellations with small hills rising and falling into sharp valleys. Perched upon one of those hills is a small vineyard composed of a handful of Italian grape varietals. This is where our Nebbiolo grows. Fast draining rugged soils and great sun exposure yield intense and complex wines. This new vineyard combined with our existing favorite Barbera & Sangiovese from Lodi produces a powerful pallate of wines to build The Gentleman from.

Consistently one of my favorite red blends that we make. The Gentleman is such a balanced and very complex, layered wine. You’ll notice that we typically don’t vintage date this wine. This allows us to pull wines from older (and often younger) vintages to build a blend of this kind of depth. The varietals also shift slightly from year to year, but almost always circle around my favorite Italian varietals: Sangiovese, Barbera and Nebbiolo. These complex varietals build the backbone and layered structure, allowing me to pull a thread of consistency from blend to blend.