Two Shepherds Bechthold Vineyard Cinsault 2022 Green Fairy It can read slightly oaky

It can read slightly oaky and rich when young

adding complexity as it evolves

It is then double pot distilled and collected at 110 proof

The domaine's holdings run to 5

Two Shepherds Bechthold Vineyard Cinsault 2022 Green Fairy It can read slightly oakyThe Land Lodi has a reputation for big, warm climate Zinfandel, which makes the most historically important vineyard in the appellation a strange fit. Bechthold Vineyard was planted in 1886 and is the oldest surviving Cinsault planting anywhere in the world. The vines are head trained, dry farmed, and still on their own roots after nearly 140 years, sitting on deep sandy soils in the Mokelumne River sub appellation. Sand is the reason they survived: