__WOW, BD 13 HAS BEEN CHAOS IN ALL THE BEST POSSIBLE WAYS. KARA AND I ARE GOING TO KEEP THE OFFER OPEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND FOR ANYONE WHO’S STILL KEEN TO PURCHASE OR ADD TO THEIR EXISTING ORDER. WE’RE DOWN TO THE LAST COUPLE OF CASES OF SEMILLON AND HAVE A BIT MORE OF THE GRENACHE.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! MEANS THE WORLD TO US.
Howdy Everyone!!
Kara and I are thrilled to be a part of Berserker Day 13 - after our experience last year, it was a no brainer to offer our wines to this wonderful community again. For those who missed our introduction during BD12, the elevator pitch is simple:
The two of us started Fine Disregard Wine Co. as our personal project in 2015. By day, I’m the Assistant Winemaker for Turley Wine Cellars in St. Helena and Kara (my better half and the brains of the outfit) is the Director of Viticulture for Foley Family Farms. From the beginning, the focus has always been on making California driven wines that are inspired by the state’s remarkable viticultural history. We practice a philosophy of lo-fi winemaking in the cellar and our house style emphasizes freshness and elegance rather than power and opulence. After seven years, it’s still just the two of us doing everything from hauling the fruit to making the wines to paying the bills.
Let’s get stuck in…
We’re keeping it simple this year since y’all did a heck of a job cleaning out most of our library and back vintages during BD12. We’re also upping our Berserker Day discount to a straight 25% for this offering (it’s a little higher on the Grenache because, well, we like round numbers):
2018 NAPA VALLEY SEMILLON - BD 13 Price: $18/btl
(regularly $24/btl)
2018 SONOMA COUNTY GRENACHE - BD 13 Price: $22.00/btl
(regularly $30/btl)
Feel free to reach out if you don’t see the discounted price on the website or if you run into any other problems.
Ground Shipping is $18 to anywhere we deliver in the Continental U.S. - doesn’t matter if it’s one bottle, six bottles, or an entire case.
For anyone testing their credit card limits, after that first case of wine Ground Shipping is $34 combined.
UPS is our carrier of choice, but we may use FedEx or GSO (West Coast) depending on your location or if you have a preference.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE USE A BUSINESS ADDRESS
It’s cheaper for us to ship and it should also ensure there’s a sober adult to sign for the wine.
Sadly, we can’t ship to AK, AL, HI, MS, NH, UT
Weather permitting, orders will ship the week of March 7th.
Currently, we release our wines twice a year to our Mailing List. If you’re already a member of the List, you may log in to your account at any time and order the wines.
If you’re new to the List, please click the link below, quickly enter your name, email, and a password. You’ll then see a link to the Allocations page with all of the offered wines.
PURCHASE
2018 NAPA VALLEY SEMILLON: $18.00/btl
VINEYARD: From organically farmed vines planted in 1992 near the base of the Vaca Mountains in Napa Valley’s Oak Knoll District. The soils here are mostly alluvial runoff from the nearby Vacas and daytime temperatures are often ten degrees cooler than farther up valley. Interestingly, scattered throughout the block are examples of what we believe is Semillon’s pink skinned mutation, what the folks down at Torbreck refer to as the Madeira Clone.
WINEMAKING: Fruit was whole clustered pressed into a mix of neutral Burgundy barriques (60%) and stainless steel drums (40%). The wine was then barrel fermented with partial MLF. Additions focused on yeast nutrients only as they were needed (i.e. no acidulation); elevage was sur lie for fourteen months without battonage.
“The 2018 Napa Semillon offers up heaps of immediate appeal and really leans into the variety’s trademark texture. It’s straw gold in color with a palate that’s rich but not heavy, showing off a subtle zip of acidity and lingering notes of pomme fruit.” - spiced apple, citrus rind, fresh pear, beeswax
2018 SONOMA COUNTY GRENACHE: $22.00/btl
BLEND: 90% Grenache/10% Mataro
VINEYARDS: Ralph Sceales has passionately farmed his family’s vineyard in the cobbled soils of the Alexander Valley AVA for over forty years. The old vine Grenache was originally planted in the mid-1950’s and is still head trained and dry farmed. Altas Piedras Grenache comes from a small hillside vineyard that was planted in the metavolcanic rock of of Eastern Sonoma County in 2012. Our head trained block is planted meter by meter on the mid-slope and biodynamically farmed using deficit irrigation. The Pato Vineyard Mataro was planted before Prohibition in the pure sand of Contra Costa County, perhaps two miles from the California Delta. The centenarian vines are own rooted and organically farmed by Morgan Twain-Peterson and his inimitable team at Bedrock Wine Co.
WINEMAKING: Primary fermentation for each lot was 100% whole cluster and spontaneous (including MLF). Gentle pumpovers were used to optimize extraction while additions focused on yeast nutrients solely as they were needed, eschewing watering back and acidulation. After two weeks on skins, the lots were pressed into neutral French Oak puncheons and Burgundy barriques. Elevage was sur lie for fourteen months.
“The 2018 Sonoma County Grenache is a more open knit, high toned expression of the variety with pretty floral notes, berry fruit and spice. Pale ruby, almost translucent in the glass, there’s a nice tension between the racy palate and a spine of fine grained, insistent tannins.” - kirsch, black raspberry, red flowers, forest floor
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