Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA gingery notes married to pear

gingery notes married to pear

and then aged in concrete tanks for a fresh expression from this family-owned winery

After pressing the wine is aged for a year in French oak barrels

the couple take a hands-off approach to the winemaking process

so many “Organic” wines from that time (and even today) were funky and the purchasers of those wines often remain wary

Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA gingery notes married to pearWilliam Allen, the winemaker at Two Shepherds, has managed the rare feat of earning a trophy case full of accolades from the mainstream wine press while maintaining cred in the natural wine world at the same time. When you source only from family run, organically sustainably farmed vineyards, manipulation of the fermenting juice is unnecessary. We had one of his non skin ferment white blends in a previous Kompas Club, but this is a fully skin