A Clever Old Vine Curation – Average Vine Age 100+

Exceptional wines one and all, produced from vines that managed to survive the horrific vine pull scheme of the 1980s. This scheme paid farmers to pull out older, less productive vines at a time when the industry was not terribly profitable. While many of these old vine resources were lost, champions like Rocky Callaghan, Richard Hamilton, Charles Melton and Jaysen Collins from Massena committed to protecting at least some of these ancient treasures... The downside to old vines is that they generally don’t yield a lot of fruit which can make it difficult for growers to make a profit – the upside is that if the vines are healthy they can conjure superb complexity and concentration.