2021 Alfredo Egia 'Rebel Rebel', Bizkaiko Txakolina Emmerich Knoll 30% whole cluster

30% whole cluster

100% Grenache from the granite and limestone soils of the Gabilan Mountain Range in the Chalone appellation of Monterey County

It comes from 9 hectares of estate vines

The fruit is whole bunch fermented in large wood vats

aged for 10 months on the lees with a majority in used barriques and barrels and some in stainless steel tank

2021 Alfredo Egia 'Rebel Rebel', Bizkaiko Txakolina Emmerich Knoll 30% whole clusterAlfredo's flagship wine is a similar blend of Izkiriota Txikia and Hondarrabi Zerratia but harvested a later, making for riper more phenolic fruit. Which is why he treats the juice in an oxidative way, fermenting in barrel (and a touch of amphora also very porous) and then raising the dry wine in wood. Some of which is not topped up, allowing for oxidative notes to inform a dense, powerful expression of his terroir. The final wine is difficult to