{"product_id":"sandlands-2024-mataro-contra-costa-county","title":"Sandlands  2024  Mataro  Contra Costa County","description":"\u003cp\u003e750ml botle\u003cbr\u003e13.5% abv\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHuge, vertical, and energetic on the palate, with black cherry, gravel, incense, tobacco, and spice showing tremendous flavor and textural intensity. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e100% Mataro (Mourvèdre). Oakley Road Vineyard, vines planted in 1922. Dry-farmed, organically farmed, Contra Costa County.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eOakley Road Vineyard, Oakley, Contra Costa County. Dehli blow sand over decomposed granite subsoil, the defining terroir of the Contra Costa flatlands east of San Francisco Bay. Vines planted 1922, over 100 years old. The Contra Costa AVA was formally established in March 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eNative yeast fermentation. Whole cluster inclusion. Aged in used oak. No fining, no filtration. Minimal sulfur.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThe 2024 Mataro is the most acclaimed release in the Sandlands range this vintage, and is among the most profound releases from this producer to date. \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eMataro (Mourvèdre) from century-old dry-farmed vines on Contra Costa's blow sand produces a fundamentally different wine from its Mediterranean counterparts, with the wind-blown sandy soil and cool Bay influence giving the variety a vertical, mineral precision not typical of warmer-climate expressions of the grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eSandlands is the personal project of Tegan and Olivia Passalacqua, launched alongside Tegan's role as winemaker and vineyard manager at Turley Wine Cellars. The project is built around forgotten California varieties grown in old, multigenerational vineyards that have remained outliers in California viticulture, featuring Zinfandel, Mataro, Carignane, Trousseau, Chenin Blanc, and Syrah from sites in Contra Costa, Lodi, and Amador County. Tegan was named Winemaker of the Year by a major trade publication, and Sandlands is consistently cited as one of the most important small California producers working with heritage varieties. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"big\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eTegan, a Napa Valley native, got his start in the wine industry working in winery labs in Napa. He has worked in the cellars of Craggy Range in New Zealand with Doug Wisor, with Eben Sadie in the Swartland of South Africa, and with Alain and Maxime Graillot in the Northern Rhone Valley of France. For the past twenty years, he has worked for Turley Wine Cellars, working his way up from harvest intern to Winemaker\/Vineyard Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51305962504498,"sku":null,"price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/3206\/7378\/files\/7_48523801-9169-423f-a41b-e41e492b8efd.webp?v=1781280434","url":"https:\/\/slakesf.com\/products\/sandlands-2024-mataro-contra-costa-county","provider":"SLAKE San Francisco Bottle \u0026 Sundry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}