2019 Distenta I Grenache & Distenta I Syrah
- 2019 Distenta I Grenache & Distenta I Syrah were
shipped together in Spring 2022.
-
Distenta
is Latin for Unlabeled
.
- The winery decided that they can't keep thinking up new names for each new wine,
so starting with the 2019 vintage, all non-EBA reds will be named
Distenta
.
- The 2019s will
...attach the ancient Roman Numeral I to [Distenta
].
The 2020 will get the Numeral II and so on.
Of course, there will still be individual artwork because [Manfred] can’t be held back and
because…art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
- Distenta I Grenache …
- is 76% Grenache, 8% Mourvèdre, 9.3% Syrah, 4.3% Petite Sirah, and 2.4% Viognier.
- comes from 39% The Third Twin Estate, 32% Eleven Confessions Estate, 11% Cumulus Estate,
15% Bien Nacido, and 3% Molly Aïda Estate.
- was aged about 23 months in 26.5% new French oak, 66.7% used oak and 6.8% concrete.
- was fermented with 43% whole clusters (mainly Grenache).
- was bottled in June 21, 2021 into 1536 cases of 750s and 600 magnums.
- Distenta I Syrah …
- is 83.6% Syrah, 6.2% Grenache, 5.2% Petite Sirah, 3.0% Mourvedre, 1.4% Muscat and 0.6% Petit Manseng.
- is entirely from estate vineyards:
35% The Third Twin, 33% Eleven Confessions, 31% Cumulus, and 1% Molly Aïda.
-
43% of the barrels used to raise this treasure were new and all of them French.
The rest were USED, but none older than 3 years.
- was fermented with 33% whole clusters.
- was bottled in July 2021 in 1999 cases of 750s and 600 magnums.
The Grenache came in dark blue tissue paper and had a light blue wax capsule.
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The Syrah came in red tissue paper and had a dark red wax capsule.
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Magnums of Distenta I were sold in a wood-boxed set containing
one Distenta I Grenache (left) and one Distenta I Syrah.
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Here is the wood box which contained one magnum of each wine:
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Double Magnums
No three liter bottles of these wines were made.
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