2016 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Kir-Yianni Las Gundiñas was planted in

Las Gundiñas was planted in 1910 on clay intermixed with some limestone (uncommon in Valtuille) • Mostly Mencía with some Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet)

The destemmed grapes are foot-trodden and moved to neutral plastic and a 450-liter concrete for fermentation and two weeks of maceration on the skins

the temperature can go quite high for a period of about two days which

This glass softens the palate attack of such robust wines to deliver a soft

2016 Matthiasson Napa Valley Red California, USA Kir-Yianni Las Gundiñas was planted inThe Red Hen Merlot Vineyard, along Dry Creek, at the very top of the creeks alluvial fan, is a warm site withvery light and thin soils, composed of a foot of silty loam sitting on top of at least 20 feet of pure cobble. The vines are naturally small berried and early ripening. The stress results in extremely low yields, barely making over a ton per acre of intense and concentrated fruit. In the 1950s through the 1970s, this block produced the top