Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Grenache 2020 Style_Kosher Nicolas Joly's Le Vieux Clos

Nicolas Joly's Le Vieux Clos 2021 arrives in the glass with a luminous gold hue

The grapes are predominantly trodden in Lagares

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Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Grenache 2020 Style_Kosher Nicolas Joly's Le Vieux ClosThis wine is made from 100% Grenache, with its vines planted at 3,500 feet elevation in decomposed granite and clay loam, with large rocks of schist, quartzite, and basalt, at Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard in California. Harvested on October 12th, 2020, during a Leo moon, this wine was naturally fermented and foot treaded daily for 12 days, pressed on the 13th day, then spent 11 months in French Barrique. Bottled on September 7th, 2021 during a