2023 Scar of The Sea Gamay - Topotero

The 5 acre Topotero vineyard sits just west of the Bassi Vineyard in Avila Beach.  Surrounded by gardens, palm trees, apples and a seasonal creek, this little vineyard is one of our favorites. The vines were grafted to Gamay from Pinot Noir in 2019 for this bottling.  The vineyard is farmed by Ben Taylor with organic practices as this is his home vineyard and it is in its final year of transition to Demeter biodynamic certification. The wine was fermented with 50% whole-cluster for 10 days, then pressed in our wooden basket press.  The wine was bottled after 10 months in barrel, without fining or filtration and with minimal sulfur used.  214 cases were produced.