Birichino Rokurokubi & Inugami 2022 (6 Bottles) Santa Cruz, California

by Fine Wine Cellars

$502.00 GST Included

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Santa Cruz/Contra Costa. The beautifully labelled Rokurokubi & Inugami is a Rhône-style blend of Grenache, Cinsault and Mourvèdre. The Grenache (10%) is drawn from vines planted in 1910 in the Besson Vineyard, while the Cinsault component (40%) is from head-pruned, non-irrigated and organically farmed vines in Lodi, planted in 1886. The Mourvèdre (50%) is sourced from Little Big Block, a sandy site planted to old bush vines at the edge of the San Joaquin River in Contra Costa.

The name and label design are a nod to a Bakemono Zukushi handscroll, painted in the Edo period of 18th and 19th century Japan. “It was either this or Run GMC!” hoots John Locke. The Cinsault is personified by the floating head on the label, with the Mourvèdre and Grenache represented by the anchoring wolf. Each grape was vinified separately: the Cinsault was lightly crushed and fermented in steel vessels; the Mourvèdre destemmed but not crushed and fermented with 15% stems; and the Grenache was destemmed and crushed with 30% stems. Élevage took place in old puncheons for eight months before blending and bottling (unfined and unfiltered).

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About Birichino Wines

Alex Krause and John Locke founded Birichino in Santa Cruz in 2008. Drawing on a combined four decades making wine in California, France, Italy, and beyond, they are focused on attaining the perfect balance of perfume, poise, and puckishness.

Sourcing from a number of carefully farmed, family-owned, own-rooted 19th and early 20th century vineyards (and a few from the late disco era) planted by and large in more moderate, marine-influenced climates, their preoccupation is to safeguard the quality and vibrance of their raw materials.

Their preference is for minimal intervention, most often favoring native fermentations, employing stainless or neutral barrels, minimal racking and fining, and avoiding filtration altogether when possible. But most critically, their aim is to make delicious wines that give pleasure, revitalize, and revive.

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