2019 Broc Cellars "Love Red", North Coast, California, USA
ABOUT THIS WINE
Love Red is our most identifiable wine. It has all the meaning of why I moved to California from Nebraska - to be around all of these old heritage vines and history. It symbolizes what I imagine a California red wine should be, offering a sense of history. This wine keeps many older plantings in California in the ground - having a home with us at Broc. The Love Red grapes are harvested early to highlight the fruit and preserve acidity.
A blend of 51% Carignan, 25% Syrah, 12% Valdiguié, 5% Mourvèdre, 3% Zinfandel, 2% Petite Sirah, and 2% Grenache Noir. It’s fermented only by native yeasts. The Carignan was fermented mostly carbonic. We destemmed then fermented the Syrah, Valdiguié, Mourvèdre, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel in stainless open top fermenters. The Grenache Noir was fermented carbonic. The wine was aged in a combination of mostly neutral French oak barrels and concrete tanks.
ABOUT THIS PRODUCER
Chris Brockway came to call Berkeley home (for his cellar anyways) by way of Omaha, Nebraska, where he was born and raised, Seattle, and finally Los Angeles, with a couple short stops in between. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, he began working in restaurants around the city before decamping to the Pacific Northwest, where he ultimately became interested in wine. After a friend joked that he should learn how to actually make it, he packed his things and enrolled in winemaking courses at UC Davis. He finished his studies and quickly landed a job at JC Cellars, by all means a conventional winery. At the same time he began to frequent Terroir, San Francisco’s first natural wine bar, and began to think a lot about experimenting with the wines he liked to drink. And so, with a few small experiments, Broc Cellars was born.
Details:
| Grape(s) | Carignan, Mourvèdre, Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Valdiguié, Grenache Noir |
| Farming | Organic |