Bichi "El Prince" Valle de Guadelupe 2023

Bichi "El Prince" Valle de Guadelupe 202350% Dolcetto, 40% Lambrusco, and 10% Friulano from the San Antonio las Mias vineyard, a plot of 85 year old dry farmed Italian varieties near the sea in Ensenada. The fog here helps preserve the acidity, a critical advantage in Baja. This wine is a banger, a light, chillable red with vivid, high toned notes of hibiscus, raspberry, and smooth, beautifully ripe fruit without any funk despite zero sulfur additions. An exciting, gorgeous wine from a great

creating a lightness to the power this wine has

395 cases produced

Though it is dense and concentrated

Beto works with very limited intervention

Tinashe – an accomplished master blender – is set to entrench his own wine brand

The family’s property is located within the Taurasi appellation (known as the “Barolo of the south”)

Briny lemon rind and grapefruit join more herbaceous notes of raw fennel and pink peppercorn

Jeremy Hernandez & Demi Elder

and a darling of sommeliers throughout the city

Press 4 White • December 2024 Direct Press Selection

Fermentation with 2/3 whole cluster

There is some smoke but I find it works well with Sangiovese's earthy