Âmevive - 2023 Estate Cariño - Ibarra-Young Vineyard, Los Olivos District AVA - Tempranillo x Graciano coferment

Cariño is a coferment of Pesquera Tempranillo and Graciano from the late 90’s plantings at Ibarra-Young. The Pesquera Tempranillo at Ibarra-Young is an own-rooted suitcase clone originating from Bodega Pesquera in Pesquera del Duero, Spain. The Tempranillo grows beautifully at Ibarra Young. In Los Olivos District AVA, Tempranillo grows easily, is very drought resistant, and always wins the beauty contest. These vines clearly want to be here! Cariño translates to ‘darling’ in Spanish, a symbol of how the two varieties complement each other in bottle. Tempranillo is always the first to ripen at Ibarra-Young. We harvested a few tons of this Pesquera clone to kick off our 2023 vintage. And we definitely drank Champagne! We processed the Tempranillo using about 40% of the whole cluster at the winery. 7 days after the Tempranillo harvest, I picked a few rows of Graciano to destem on top of the Tempranillo ferment. Graciano adds the acid backbone to Cariño, something Tempranillo doesn’t typically have on its own. After pressing the ferment gently after about 16 days, Cariño aged in neutral French oak barrels until a month before bottling. The barrels were racked up to tank, and the wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered in July of 2024 A version of Tempranillo you’ve never tried before. Bright, yet moutfilling, and exceptionally balanced. Barely ripe dark berry tart with a nice little grippy finish! 190 cases produced 11.6% ABV Regenerative organic grapes managed holistically, minimal effective sulfites