For those who know, you know. My most experimental wine every time I get to craft it, Côt as a varietal for the Loire Valley is found predominately in the region of Touraine, where a small amount of acreage is lovingly tended by an equally small number of dedicated farmers. In the rest of the world, Côt is more commonly known as Malbec.

Our iteration, hailing again from 30-year-old vines in the Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak appellation of Sonoma County, takes a unique approach to the grape. Hewing more to the acid driven profiles of the wines of the Loire, our Côt is a fruit driven but lively wine that always surprises with how quickly it disappears once opened. Quasi-carbonic, low temperature fermentation, stainless steel aged, and bottled young, this is the harvest electricity captured in a bottle.

Variety: Malbec

Region: Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak

Farming: Sustainable

Winemaking: De-stemmed, small lot fermentation in barrel, native yeast, low temperature. Aged in stainless barrels for 5 months and bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Alcohol: 15% | pH: 4.09 | TA: 6.1 g/L