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The Bird Flora & Fauna Red

VARIETALS
53% Dolcetto 44% Barbera 3% Nebbiolo

NOTES

VINEYARD: The fruit mostly comes from Fox Hill Vineyard and Lost Hills Ranch.

VINIFICATION: The grapes were left largely whole cluster and all fermentations started with carbonic maceration. with none of them pushed to full carbonic wines. Instead, fully treaded the wines to allow fermentation to switch to a more standard flow. This gave a backbone and savory qualities to act as bass notes to the carbonic high tones. All of the wines were pressed a touch early to ensure that the tannic structure was appropriate for a shorter time in barrel, just four months in neutral oak."