2024 Spring/Summer Wine Releases - 2023: The Vintage of a Lifetime?
Amy and I are very pleased to introduce you to the very first of the 2023 vintage wines, as well as a brand new 100% Sangiovese that we reserved in barrel for 21 months before bottling it this spring!
Vintage Notes
Many Northern California wine professionals are already calling the 2023 vintage, “the vintage of a lifetime,” and I can understand why. The summer and into the fall were marked by unusually cool temperatures (we didn’t have one day in August that got over 100 degrees!). Cooler temperatures allow for slower, more evenly ripening of the grapes, yielding fruit with deep complexity, structure, and verve. A few late summer rains set the ripening back a bit, so fruit hung on the vine even longer. I picked our fruit around the same sugar and pH levels I normally do, however tasting the wines throughout the fermentation process, I could tell that the fruit had complexity as if I picked it at much higher brix (sugar) levels, but maintained the same structure as I would expect from my normal picking regimen.
Spring/Summer Wine Club Shipments
3x2 Members
2023 Conduit “Gold Dust Vineyard” Estate Viognier - luscious honeysuckle, mango, white flowers, and overripe peach
2022 Conduit Fair Play - El Dorado Co. Rosé of Grenache - strawberries, nectarine, and a hint of vanilla
2022 Conduit Fair Play - El Dorado County Grenache Noir - potpourri, baking spice, bing cherry, pomegranate, and cranberry
6x2 Members receive the three wines from above, plus:
2023 divergent vine “Cerca Trova” Clarksburg Chenin Blanc - lemon verbena, chamomile, wool, and quince
2022 divergent vine El Dorado Co. winemaker’s reserve Sangiovese - dried roses, cherries, strawberries, sage and tobacco
2022 divergent vine “Gold Dust Vineyard” Estate Primativo - rustic earth, cocoa nibs, strawberry compote, baking spice, and raspberry
12x2 Members receive the six wines from above, plus:
2022 divergent vine “Rollin’ on Skinz” Skin Contact Chenin Blanc - peach tea, chamomile, cantaloupe, and honeydew melon
2022 divergent vine El Dorado Co. winemaker’s reserve Sangiovese (two bottles total) - dried roses, cherries, strawberries, sage and tobacco
2022 divergent vine Clarksburg Malbec - dark chocolate, saddle strap leather, dark cherry, and wild berries
2022 divergent vine “A Touch of Gray Rock” El Dorado Co. Red Blend - black cherry, Santa Rosa plum, dried roses, and raspberry
2022 Conduit “Gold Dust Vineyard” Estate Syrah - smokey bacon fat, gamey meat, olive tapanade, blackberry, violets, boysenberry
2021 divergent vine “Gold Dust Vineyard” Estate Tempranillo (“Deep Cut” Library wine) - dried fig, tomato leaf, tobacco, and herbs
We still have other 2023 wines coming soon that need just a little bit more time in barrel. So long as the wine is ready, we plan on bottling the following new wines this summer (so be on the lookout!). I’m hoping to have the Zinfandel in bottle by the Poke Pick-up Party!
divergent vine Fair Play - El Dorado Co. Zinfandel
divergent vine Fair Play - El Dorado Co. Grenache
Poke Pick-Up Party!
To celebrate these new wines, Amy and I are hosting the first ever Poke Pick-Up Party, Saturday June 8th from 12PM - 4PM. This will be a ticketed event, featuring one (1) Ahi Tune Poke Bowl per guest plus a free tasting flight of our new featured wines (and maybe a few Deep Cut Library wines as well!). Conduit Wine Club Members receive two free tickets with a RSVP. A limited amount of general admission tickets can be purchased for only $30 on Eventbrite. We hope you can join us for this fun, tasty event!