2015 Scholium Project '1MN' Bechtold Ranch Vineyard Cinsaut, California, USA St. Reginald Parish SOILClay loam soils

SOILClay loam soils

partially destemmed

The mouth is fleshy

fresh earth

2015 Scholium Project '1MN' Bechtold Ranch Vineyard Cinsaut, California, USA St. Reginald Parish SOILClay loam soilsThis wine is composed of 100% Cinsault from the amazing Bechtold Ranch vineyard, planted in 1870 on its own roots, in deep, sandy loam soil deposited by the Mokelumne River, flowing down from the Sierras. The vineyard is on the west side of Lodi in an area where the ground is often heavy, clay loambut Bechtold is in the old flood plain of the Mokelumne, and its Sierra sand balances the heavy loam. The vineyard is so old and healthy that it has never