Blending
Where wine stops being fruit and starts being wine.
Where it becomes wine
Blending is the spring ritual where separate lots — different blocks, clones, and barrels — become one wine. It's part chemistry and part taste memory.
How we blend
lots scored blind, by the glass base the most honest, centered lot trial three candidate blends release decided once, then committed
Why it's the art
Up to this point it's fruit. After the blend, it has a name and a year. That's the moment it stops being a crop and starts being a vintage.