2020 QUPE GRENACHE SBC

Qupé has been crafting cool-climate Grenache from Santa Barbara County for over 40 years. We know where the best fruit comes from and we leverage our long-term relationships to have our vineyard partners farm specific sites to our very strict requirements – low yield, clean, unblemished fruit, all certified sustainable. We want this wine to speak of its cool-climate origins, while showcasing the diversity of the Santa Barbara County. All the grapes came from select vineyards in the Santa Ynez Valley where sunny days and very cold nights encourage a long, even ripening of Grenache and result in a diverse flavor profile with a rich, long finish.

As with all our red wines, this wine was crafted with traditional methods in our modern, state of the art winery: hand harvesting at night to benefit from our cold evenings, small picks at a broad spectrum of ripeness to ensure maximum complexity, and flavor development. We employ a mix of quite small open-top tanks and medium sized closed tanks for a short cold-soak before a rather quick fermentation that allows us to maximize color and medium weight, balanced tannins and a long smooth finish. After fermentation, the must is gently pressed to stainless tanks to settle overnight before being racked to French Oak barrels for 18 months of aging on very fine lees.