Scythian Wine Co (Raj Parr)

Cucamonga Valley Palomino 'The Scythians' 2023

Name: Cucamonga Valley Palomino 'The Scythians' 2023
Brand: Scythian Wine Co (Raj Parr)
SKU: SCYTHIANwhite2023
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100% Palomino from the Lopez Vineyard, planted in 1912 on sandy granite soil. The grapes are hand-harvested, direct pressed and fermented in neutral barrels. The wine rests under flor for several months in used sherry casks from Ramiro Ibanez. Bottled unfined, unfiltered with a small amount of SO2 at bottling.

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Scythian Wine Co. is a new project from sommelier-turned-vigneron Raj Parr that highlights the nearly lost viticultural heritage of Los Angeles. Before prohibition, the city was the center of the California wine industry, producing highly regarded wines from varieties like Palomino, Mission, Garnacha Tintorera and Zinfandel planted on sandy soils. A few of these own-rooted, dry-farmed, vineyards endure, largely due to the stewardship of the Galleano family. With a few collaborators, Raj Parr started exploring, then rehabilitating, some of the most interesting plots of these vines in 2019. The vineyards are relics, sandwiched between warehouses, corporate headquarters, neighborhoods and highways around Los Angeles County. The vines are almost all over 100-years-old, and none of the vineyards have ever been treated with pesticides fungicides, or even sulfur or copper. From these marvels of endurance and survival, Raj makes low-intervention wines at the Phelan Farm winery in Cambria, working with minimal additives and neutral vessels. The Scythian Wine Company wines are a fascinating opportunity to taste a fundamentally different side of the history of California wine.

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Cucamonga Valley Palomino 'The Scythians' 2023

Cucamonga Valley Palomino 'The Scythians' 2023

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