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Wilson Foreigner Rancho Chimiles Valdiguié 2017
Napa County, California, United StatesIntriguing obscurities abound in this Napa red, a 100% valdiguié from Rancho Chimiles in southeastern Napa County. David Wilson was inspired to launch his Napa label Wilson Foreigner after tasting a bottling his parents had home vinified from a small block of old vine valdiguié at his family’s ranch. This prolific vine, borne of southwest France, was once known as Napa Gamay, a name that wasn't corrected until 1980 (and Californians STILL continued to bottle Valdiguié as “Gamay Beaujolais” until 2009). That intrigue aside, this Bojo-ish red certainly is charming, with juicy sapid plum, pomegranate, moss, wild raspberry, spiced cherry, framed with near-negligible cedar branch tannins. Fantastic salty minerality lingers on the finish, enticing glass after glass. 30% whole cluster, this was native fermented in concrete, while MLF and aging was in neutral French oak before bottling unfined and unfiltered. There were no additions save for a touch of SO2. Charming through and through, give this a chill and enjoy liberally.Tasted: 07 October 2019Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| BC | $55.00 | 750ml | private wine shops |
Grape: ValdiguiéCSPC: 158036
