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Co-fermented for two weeks in stainless, then racked to French neutral oak and aged on Sonoma Coast ocean stones for 8 months. Racked off the gross lees on December 31st 2021. 5 gallons of 2020 Carignan (Testa Vineyard) was added two weeks before bottling. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2021 Alcohol By Volume: 12.2% Style: Rosado Varieties: 62% Syrah + 33% Mourvedre + 5% Carignan (2020) Vineyards: Everyman Vineyards (Organic Practices) Soils: Metz Loamy Sand Harvest Date: 9-16-21 Bottling Date: 04-18-22 Cases Produced: 95 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Milk chocolate, sour cherry, textured, drinks like a light red. https://www.ashantawines.com/sidra daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1617756096360-NXY7H4OP4KL7C3R81QU0/Q0900110.jpg Sidra! - ¡Sidra! $30.00 ¡Sidra! was made under the first harvest moon (Corn Moon) on September 2, 2020 in the Valley of the Moon. Organic apple juice from Occidental, CA started spontaneous fermentation on native yeasts in neutral French oak barrels for 8 days. At 2.5 brix the juice was pumped into an open top bin and freshly pressed skins of Carignan and Viognier grapes were added. The juice and skins co-fermented for an additional 4 days. Bottled at 1.5 brix. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020 Alcohol By Volume: 9.3% Style: Sparkling Cider Varieties: 96% Organic Rhode Island Green, Gravenstein, Jonathan Apple, Red Delicious, 2% Carignan (Testa) + 2% Viognier (Sumu Kaw) Vineyards: Testa Vineyard Certified Organic/Biodynamic/Dry-farmed/74 years old (Mendocino AVA) & Sumu Kaw Vineyard/Organic Practices (Sierra Foothills) Soils: Yokayo sandy-loam (Testa) & decomposed granite (Sumu Kaw) Cases Produced: 65 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Tart Cherry, Red Currant, Flinstones Vitamin, Jelly Belly, Jamaica Spritz with earthy undertones. Perfect for drinking while you cook, an afternoon BBQ, sunset at the beach or the pre-drink of a dinner date. https://www.ashantawines.com/brutal daily 0.75 2021-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1618429107484-MZT8AKRAE0F19KF1OQ1Y/NEWNEWBRUTAL.jpg BRUTAL - Brutal!!! $40.00 After we literally moved out of our LA flat, putting all of our belongings in storage to move into a tent in the Coturri vineyard for harvest, we drove to the San Gabriel Mountains above Los Angeles, for one last time. Throughout our backcountry hikes we had spotted wild elderberry bushes growing in the granite soils of the mountains, at an elevation of around 6500 feet and watched their growth closely. As we arrived, they had finally ripened and we pulled out our pruners cutting as much as we could fit into several 5 gallon buckets that were going to have to squeeze into our already packed cars. Driving up Sonoma Mountain late that night, we saw the red ember glow of the first LNU Lightning Complex fires, silhouetting the ridge line of the Mayacamas, near the French Colombard vineyard we planned to pick in the following days. Our stomachs sunk, terrified that we’d made a terrible mistake leaving our perfectly adequate shelter to live in a tent in the epicenter of fire season. Luckily, the French Colombard was protected because of it’s micro-climate, the breeze from the San Pablo Bay pushed the smoke north away from the vineyard. After an evacuation notice was lifted, we picked 2.5 tons of the French Colombard on August 22, 2020, reserving .5 tons for our sparkling Elderberry co-ferment. The French Colombard and wild Elderberry were foot stomped separately and the juice co-fermented in neutral french oak for 9 days, and was bottled at 1.5 brix. Days after bottling the co-ferment, the Bobcat Fire struck the San Gabriel Mountains, scorching the forest where we harvested the Elderberries just weeks before. Overnight, the habitat that bore us fruits for our first wine of 2020, were altered for generations, if not forever. This wild Elder co-ferment is a time stamp to that special jewel of the upper San Gabriels. As a true experiment and with a small single barrel cuvée we could not think of better label than Brutal, which was suggested and bequeathed to us by Tony Coturri. With only 25 cases, our Ashanta Brutal, is a taste of a place that may take decades to recover its natural state. We feel honored to have been able to hold on to a piece of the San Gabriel Mountains, and share with you all the wonders of a magnificent alpine landscape full of canyons, swimming holes, waterfalls, rushing creeks, incense cedar, bristlecone pine, and indigenous wild Elderberries. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020 Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: Pétillant Naturel Varieties: French Colombard + Wild Elderberries Vineyards: Green Valley Vineyard (Solano County Green Valley) Forest: San Gabriel Mountains (6500’ elevation) Cases Produced: 25 Tasting Notes: Zesty alpine mystery flavored black forest geyser. https://www.ashantawines.com/membership daily 0.75 2022-10-06 https://www.ashantawines.com/mawu daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1632350656791-6GWY9P4Q65N0X4221GT9/Q0901630.JPG Mawu - Mawu $33.00 50% of Merlot was foot stomped and direct basket pressed on top of 25% whole cluster Merlot and 25% crushed/de-stemmed Merlot. Whole cluster Chardonnay was foot stomped and .5 ton of the skins and stems were added to the Merlot to co-ferment. Aged in French Neutral Oak for 8 months and in bottle for 4 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020 Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: Light-medium bodied red/white co-ferment Varieties: 70% Merlot + 30% Chardonnay Vineyard: Grebnikoff Vineyard AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Certified Organic 35+ year old vines Soils: Clough Series, alluvial Harvest Date: 8-28-2020 Brix: 22 Cases Produced: 96 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tastings Notes: Herbaceous with a touch of minerality. Hints of tart cranberries. Additional Notes: West of the town of Sonoma, Grebnikoff Vineyard sits on the gentle undulating hillsides southeast of Sonoma Mountain. Interplanted with Merlot and Chardonnay, the Dowdell Creek runs down the base of Sonoma Mountain and parallel to the vineyard, eventually intersecting into the Sonoma Creek. The soils are full of gravelly alluvium that is high in quartz from the sedimentary rocks deposited through the Dowdell Creek. https://www.ashantawines.com/calypso daily 0.75 2022-04-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1632350421244-39TF17G1GRKVYUOT00N6/Q0901612.JPG Calypso - Calypso $36.00 Hand sorted grapes were foot stomped, then basket pressed to stainless. Fermented in stainless steel for 19 days then aged sur lie in neutral oak for 9 months, no battonage. Aged 4 months in bottle. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: White Wine Varieties: 100% Chardonnay Vineyard: Grebnikoff Vineyard AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Certified Organic 35+ year old vines Soils: Clough Series, alluvial Harvest Date: 8-28-2020 Brix: 22 Cases Produced: 23 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Mineral, zesty, quartzine, quince, crisp. Opens up beautifully after a couple of hours. Can be decanted. Additional Notes: West of the town of Sonoma, Grebnikoff Vineyard sits on the gentle undulating hillsides southeast of Sonoma Mountain. Interplanted with Merlot and Chardonnay, the Dowdell Creek runs down the base of Sonoma Mountain and parallel to the vineyard, eventually intersecting into the Sonoma Creek. The soils are full of gravelly alluvium that is high in quartz from the sedimentary rocks deposited through the Dowdell Creek. https://www.ashantawines.com/zazen daily 0.75 2021-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1634284253390-2EXZ4TZA056ZB2ZFUADZ/BBC262F1-CFCE-421E-BC13-BE070F2189A6.jpg Zazen - Zazen $34.00 Alta California Table Wine. Hand sorted grapes were de-stemmed and crushed into an open top fermenter. Two weeks maceration then basket pressed into French neutral Oak. Aged in barrel for 11.5 months. Bottled with no additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020 Alcohol By Volume: 14% Style: Red Wine Varieties: 100% Zinfandel Vineyard: Suma Kaw AVA: Sierra Foothills Farming: Organic Soils: Aiken loam + Cohasset cobbly loam Harvest Date: 9-18-2020 Brix: 23.5 Cases Produced: 95 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘81 Tastings Notes: Tiger Striped Fig, just ripe summer Mulberries, Sierra Alpine Incense Cedar, Black raspberry bramble. https://www.ashantawines.com/under-currents daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1634278459147-KU054RU1Z8Y8V358NB4C/222F975C-77E5-4F47-B010-86514464A078.JPG Under Currents - Under Currents 2020 $34.00 Beautiful Old Vine Work Horse. Partial carbonic, grapes de-stemmed and crushed on top of 20% whole cluster into an open top fermenter. Basket pressed after 2 weeks of primary fermentation, aged in neutral French Oak for 11.5 months. No additions or subtractions. unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: Red Wine Varieties: 100% Old Vine Carignan Vineyard: Testa Vineyar AVA: Mendocino Farming: Certified Organic/Biodynamic 70+ year old vines/Dry-farmed Soils: Sandy + Pebbly Loam Harvest Date: 10-05-2020 Brix: 23.5 Cases Produced: 95 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘79 Tasting Notes: Ripe pie cherries pulled from the branch, fresh tarragon, dry rose petals and blue spruce. https://www.ashantawines.com/services-2-1 daily 0.75 2021-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/8240baf7-6e03-47a0-9351-460466e81531/Q0900092.jpeg Holiday 3 - Pack 2020 - Holiday 3-Pack $92.00 10% Discount Applied. Ashanta Wines Holiday 3-Pack. These elegant, Northern California wines make an excellent pairing for the various dishes in a holiday meal. Includes: (1) ‘Huzzah!’ French Colombard Pet-Nat 2020 (Solano County Green Valley) $36 A delicious, dry, crisp refresher to begin the festivities with family + friends. Notes of candied citrus and green apple. Pairs exceptionally well with fresh oysters. (1) ‘Under Currents’ Carignan 2020 (Mendocino) $32 Coming from the legendary Testa’s 75-year-old dry farmed, certified biodynamic and organic Carignan vineyard. A medium-bodied red with light tannins and a balanced fruit/earth driven finish. Notes of ripe pie cherries pulled from the branch, fresh tarragon, dry rose petals and blue spruce. (1) ‘Zazen’ Zinfandel 2020 (Sierra Foothills) $34 A classic California Red that wants to be joined by rich pasta or meat, whether it be turkey, lamb, duck, pork or steak. It also likens itself to a fruit pie. Truly, the wine for the feast. It features an array of Tiger Striped Fig, just ripe summer Mulberries, Sierra Alpine Incense Cedar, Black raspberry bramble. A Swedish word Will and Chenoa learned when they first met in Sweden describes these wines simply— Lagom. Not too much. Not too little. A perfect balance. https://www.ashantawines.com/huzzah daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/66edf7df-fdb4-41c1-94aa-c657c085a3f0/Q0900113.jpeg Huzzah! - Huzzah! 2021 $35.00 Direct pressed French Colombard into a French neutral Oak then racked 9 days later into a stainless tank. Added 7 gallons of ‘21 skin contact French Colombard. Bottled under cap at 1.55 brix. Un-disgorged. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12% Style: Petillant Naturel Variety: 100% French Colombard Vineyard: Green Valley Vineyard AVA: Green Valley Solano County Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-30-21 Bottling Date: 9-16-21 Brix: 20.1 Cases Produced: 110 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: A delicious, crisp effervescent refresher. Notes of candied citrus and green apple. Pairs exceptionally well with fresh oysters. https://www.ashantawines.com/brutal-2021 daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/171ffe16-1dff-4dd4-af10-d8777eefa019/B6CCACAF-F276-4EC8-AF98-1F370E45D2E1_1_201_a.jpeg BRUTAL 2021 - Brutal!!! ‘21 $40.00 In 2020, we made our first Brutal!!! It was inspired by our backcountry hikes in the San Gabriel Mountains, where we spotted wild elderberry bushes growing in granite soils at an elevation of around 6,500 feet. We watched their growth closely and harvested the fruit, co-fermenting it with French Colombard from Solano County Green Valley. Days after bottling the Brutal, the Bobcat Fire struck, burning115,796 acres in the central San Gabriel Mountains, including where we harvested the Elderberries just weeks before. Overnight, the habitat that bore us fruits for our first wine of 2020, was altered for generations, if not forever. However, a year later in 2021, we returned to the same site, and discovered that while the surrounding forest had indeed burned, the elderberry trees miraculously had not. They were alive, unscathed, and still producing mountain berries. We then wandered deeper into the scorched parts of the forest, curious as to what was left of it. As we walked on a steep trail, the once verdant, flourishing landscape was full of charred trees and stumps as the granite earth itself was blackened. As we continued on stepping over dead and fallen trees, we peered at the barren slope below us and down a canyon saw green life sprouting. Scaling the slope, we wandered down to discover more elderberry bushes producing fruit. Why they had not only survived, but seemed to flourish post fire, we do not know. But once again, we were able to capture a taste of a place that will take decades to recover to its natural state. We feel honored to be able to express the San Gabriel Mountains terroir once again, and share with you all the wonders of a magnificent alpine landscape full of canyons, swimming holes, waterfalls, rushing creeks, incense cedar, bristlecone pine, and indigenous wild Elderberries. Vintage: 2021 Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: Pétillant Naturel Varieties: French Colombard + Wild Elderberries Vineyards: Green Valley Vineyard (Solano County Green Valley) Forest: San Gabriel Mountains (6500’ elevation) Cases Produced: 38 Tasting Notes: Zesty alpine mystery flavored black forest geyser. https://www.ashantawines.com/virga-morada-2021 daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/4fb3bf08-6a97-4b17-94f3-0cb64a890263/2C63AE76-6081-4F91-BD93-EDBAD49DDF5C_1_201_a.jpeg Virga Morada 2021 - Virga Morada ‘21 $32.00 ‘Virga Morada’ means purple rain that never hits the ground. The deep, rich magenta colors of this wine are derived from Chenoa’s family vineyard. Old vine, dry-farmed and planted by the hands of Justine and Stephen Ashton, these grape skins were up-cycled and used for our apple + grape co-ferment. Organic Gravenstein juice from our buddies Bardos Cider in Occidental, CA started spontaneous fermentation on native yeasts in stainless tank for 10 days. It was then gravity fed into an open top fermentor with fresh pressed Syrah skins and fermented Pinot Noir skins from the Ashton Family Vineyard (Sonoma Valley). It co-fermented for 13 days, then was bottled under cap at 1.5 brix. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2021 Alcohol By Volume: 9.2% Style: Sparkling Fruit Wine Varieties: 90% Organic Gravenstein, 5% Syrah + 5% Pinot Noir Vineyards: Ashton Vineyard (Organic) Soils: Huichica Series Cases Produced: 93 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Tart Cherry, Red Currant, Flinstones Vitamin, Jelly Belly, Jamaica Spritz with earthy undertones. Perfect for drinking while you cook, an afternoon BBQ, sunset at the beach or the pre-drink of a dinner date. https://www.ashantawines.com/sankofa-feioja-2021 daily 0.75 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/d1fdaa3e-be6f-409b-ad60-65cd92abcc0e/F1AD2CB4-CA65-41BF-9608-8FD381339474_1_201_a.jpeg Sankofa Feioja 2021 - Sankofa Feijoa ‘21 $35.00 Feijoa, also known as Pineapple Guava, is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Colombia, but can be found growing in Oakland, CA. We discovered abandoned Feijoa trees aligning a park fence, a few blocks from where I grew up. The park’s 10 acres makes it one of the largest parks in North Oakland and baseball players Rickey Henderson, Frank Robinson and Billy Martin played at it in their youth. In the 1960s, it was a practice field for the Oakland Raiders and in the early 70s, it was a rally and protest space for Black Panther Members, my grandparents included amongst them. It was where I made my first home run, and practiced soccer as a youth. These days, we exercise our energetic puppy at this park, which is how we noticed the Feijoa trees in early December. We had to hop a fence to get to the them, as the trees were inside of a derelict part of Sankofa Academy, the elementary school the park shares a fence line with. Sankofa, an African word from the Akan people in Ghana, translates to— It is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind. Sankofa’s symbol is of a mythical bird with its feet firmly planted forward with its head turned backwards. The Akan people believe that the past serves as a guide for the future and Sankofa Feijoa is a reflection of just this. It is unknown who planted the Roma and Feijoa trees we found. As gleaners we are constantly engaging with the past, learning from it and carrying it into the present and the future. This wine is a time capsule that remains open, for the story is always evolving. Roma Apples were gleaned in Occidental, CA on an old, unmaintained family orchard. We spent two days hand picking 1 ton of apples and processed the fruit in Occidental. The juice was fermented in French Neutral Oak, and one barrel was reserved for a Feijoa co-ferment. We processed the Feijoa’s in West Sonoma County, halving the fruit, scooping out the fillings and blending them into a thick slush. We added the blended fruit to a 14 gallon carboy of fermenting Roma apples and co-fermented it on Feijoa pulp for one week. The juice was separated from the pulp and fermented to 1.5 brix in French neutral Oak, then bottled under cap. Hand bottled. Hand capped. Hand disgorged. Hand labeled. Bottled with no additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 9% Style: Petillant Naturel Variety: Foraged Roma Apples + Foraged Feijoa Locations: Occidental + Oakland, CA Farming: Organic/Feral Harvest Date: Roma Apples (October 10, 2021) + Feijoa (December 7, 2021) Soils: Goldridge Series + Clear Lake Series Cases Produced: 18 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘74 https://www.ashantawines.com/mermejita-21 daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/6d44d5a0-84cd-430c-ae56-456d2612779f/Mermejita.jpg Mermejita '21 - Mermejita $31.00 ‘Mermejita’ comes from the southernmost vineyard we worked with in 2021 just miles from the U.S. Mexican border. Dulzura, CA is located in the lower Peninsular Range Region in San Diego County, situated at about 1,800 feet elevation. It is surrounded by steep mountains covered in granite boulders and chaparral vegetation. The marble, slates, schist and quartzites soils come from the cooling of molten magmas within the earth’s crust, some 120-90 million years ago. The magmas were created during a convergence of the subduction of an oceanic crustal plate and the North American plate, and over millions of years masses of volcanic rocks accumulating in the earth’s crust metamorphosed the sedimentary rocks already present. A distinctly ancient region in terms of human existence, Dulzura’s soils reveal a geology of the Earth, and we were able to capture a tiny glimpse of that through the making of this Marsanne/Viognier co-ferment who’s vines’ roots were immersed in these primordial soils. Dulzura has a 30+ degree diurnal shift and the Pacific Ocean breeze consistently blows through the region, keeping the vines cool in the heat of summer. The grapes were hand harvested by crew and Will in August. 1 ton of Viognier was directly pressed on top of 1 ton of destemmed and crushed Marsanne into a 1 ton fermentor. Co-fermented for 7 days then pressed into French neutral Oak. Racked off gross lees in March ‘22. Aged in barrel for a total of 8 ½ months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12.3% Style: Skin Contact White Variety: 50% Marsanne + 50% Viognier Vineyard: Valentina Vineyards -1800 ft. elevation AVA: South Coast Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-25-21 Bottling Date: 4-18-22 Cases Produced: 72 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Floral on the nose, taste of dried flowers, dried apricots, dried apples, earthy with salinity. https://www.ashantawines.com/ojala-sauvignon-blanc-21 daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/99411105-057a-468a-a819-69828e178d11/Q0900594.jpeg Ojala Sauvignon Blanc '21 - Ojalá $28.00 The Sauvignon Blanc comes from Los Olivos AVA, situated 30 miles east of the Pacific Ocean in a unique horseshoe shaped valley. The position of the vineyard allows for light morning fog and very warm afternoons with quite cool light foggy nights, which allows the grapes achieve excellent sugar levels while maintaining acidity. We direct pressed 1.5 tons into French neutral Oak where it began primary fermentation. .5 tons of whole cluster grapes were put into the bottom of an open top fermenter and .75 tons was foot stomped on top of the whole cluster, macerated on the skins for five days, then pressed into French neutral Oak. The wine was aged sur lie for 10 months, racked and blended in a stainless tank for three weeks, and bottled. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 13.2% Style: Dry White Wine Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Vineyard: White Barn Vineyards AVA: Los Olivos Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 9-9-21 Bottling Date: 6-23-22 Cases Produced: 160 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Light + delicate. Notes of fresh oranges, apples and crisp minerals. Pairs well with radicchio salad with grilled zucchini. https://www.ashantawines.com/callisto-21 daily 0.75 2022-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/ce59448b-29b8-4e56-a70f-0bd770fa1d09/Q0900171.jpg Callisto '21 - Callisto ‘21 $33.00 Callisto hails from the Parducci "Lost Vineyard" in thw Round Valley of Covelo, CA. Sitting at 1,400 ft. elevation, Round Valley is the only Mendocino Valley AVA with a Continental Climate rather than a Maritime Climate. The valley often sees 45+ degree diurnal shifts in the summer, with highs nearing triple digits and lows in the mid 50s. To get there, you wind through steep, narrow roads that curve alongside the Eel River, a 196 mile long river that ends (or begins depending on perspective) in the Pacific Ocean just south of Eureka. The Eel River is the third largest watershed in California. In 1989 the "godfather" of Mendocino wine, John Parducci planted an experimental test vineyard. The test was to determine the viability of Round Valley as a new viticultural site, 8 rows of Pinot Noir (Martini Clone 13) and 2 rows of Chardonnay (Martini Clone 4) were planted in the Talmadge very gravelly loam soils of the valley floor. Parducci made wine with the test vineyard fruit in 1993. Picking October 22 at 22.6 Brix, there's no record of any other wine being made from the vineyard since and it is unclear why the experiment was never expanded upon. 28 years later, in what feels like a clear testament to the drastic climate change being experienced in northern California, we picked the Pinot and Chardonnay nearly 2 months earlier on August 27th at 23 Brix. As we left Round Valley, hauling the fruit on the 12’ trailer attached to our truck, we climbed the steep mountain we just descended from the day before, and once again traced the sinuous path of the Eel River, we came across a steep bend that dropped into the river, we spotted a bulky, thick-coated, four-legged animal sprinting across the road and up a hillside. We locked eyes, briefly, with its orange glow piercing our souls. As quickly as it appeared, it disappeared and became our inspiration for naming this wine Callisto—the Greek goddess transformed into a bear. The Pinot and Chardonnay were processed together with 20% whole cluster, the rest gently crushed and de-stemmed on top and left to ferment for one week on the skins and then pressed to neutral oak. Aged 9 months in barrel bottled June 2022. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 13.2% Style: Red Wine Variety: 80% Pinot Noir + 20% Chardonnay Vineyard: Claus Vineyard -1800 ft. elevation AVA: Round Valley Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-27-21 Bottling Date: 6-23-22 Cases Produced: 65 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Dry cherries with earthy undertones. Lifted acidity. Light-medium bodied. https://www.ashantawines.com/ojala-21 daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/99411105-057a-468a-a819-69828e178d11/Q0900594.jpeg Ojala '21 - Ojalá 2021 $28.00 Ojalá was birthed in Los Olivos AVA, situated 30 miles east of the Pacific Ocean in a unique horseshoe shaped valley. The position of the vineyard allows for light morning fog and very warm afternoons with quite cool light foggy nights, which helps the grapes achieve excellent sugar levels while maintaining acidity. We direct pressed 1.5 tons into French neutral Oak where it began primary fermentation. .5 tons of whole cluster grapes were put into the bottom of an open top fermenter and .75 tons was foot stomped on top of the whole cluster, macerated on the skins for five days, then pressed into French neutral Oak. The wine was aged sur lie for 10 months, racked and blended in a stainless tank for three weeks, and bottled. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 13.2% Style: White Wine Variety: 100% Sauvignon Blanc Vineyard: White Barn Vineyard AVA: Los Olvios Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 9-9-21 Bottling Date: 6-23-22 Cases Produced: 160 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Bright citrus + tangerines. https://www.ashantawines.com/solaris daily 0.75 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/6804c686-7c8a-43a1-afba-7e166ee185ba/Q0900209.JPG Solaris - Solaris $35.00 In 2020, we reserved 1/2 ton of French Colombard for a skin contact white at the Coturri Winery. We fermented on the skins for 6 days, then basket pressed into French neutral oak. We left the wine un-topped and after 3 months, a strong layer of flor had developed. We aged the wine under a veil for 21 months. In 2021 we picked both Colombard and Chenin Blanc from the same 50 year old vines in a classic California workhorse vineyard in Solano County's Green Valley. The Colombard was foot stomped and allowed to macerate on the skins for one week and then pressed to neutral oak. In December of '21 it was added to the flor aged '20 Colombard to begin our first year of multi vintage Solera style aging. The Chenin Blanc was direct pressed into French neutral oak to slowly ferment in barrel. Aged for 8 months in barrel it was homogenized with the Solera French Colombard for one month and bottled in June of 2022. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 13.5% Style: Solera White Wine Variety: 75% Chenin Blanc + 25% French Colombard Vineyard: Green Valley Vineyard AVA: Solano County Green Valley Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-27-21 Bottling Date: 6-23-22 Cases Produced: 82 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Dried flowers, honeysuckle and peaches on the nose. Marzipan and sunshine on the palette. https://www.ashantawines.com/embryo-ii daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/b80b9a9f-69bc-493f-a861-2a13f51aff5b/Q0900188.jpg Embryo II - Embryo II 2021 $40.00 In the 1960s, Chenoa’s grandparent’s Stephen and Justine Ashton, were young New York expats who left for the West, eventually landing in Glen Ellen, CA. They were entranced by the small, bohemian town 8 miles north of Sonoma, after communing at spiritual gatherings on Sonoma Mountain where they met working in a garden. After 6 days of knowing each other, they were married and soon found a property on the foothills of Sonoma Mountain, certain this would be where they would spend the rest of their lives, which they indeed did. It was covered with centenarian Oak, Eucalyptus, Madrone and Manzanita trees, and below their quaint farmhouse was a small orchard in a 6 acre field. Chenoa’s grandfather, a stern and serious man who never drank more than two glasses of wine, was inspired to plant a vineyard after hearing stories of his Sicilian grandfather who made wine in Palermo. At this time, Sonoma Valley’s wine industry was just burgeoning, and the hot varietals were Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Gewurztraminer, which Chenoa’s grandparents planted (minus the Riesling) on 3 acres. They were in their mid-20s, bursting with creativity and vivaciousness, determined to fulfill every dream they could conjure. In 1980, Chenoa’s grandparents planted a Syrah vineyard on 3 acres of a sloping hillside southwest of their house. The clay soils were dense with a thick layer of impermeable dirt. Since the vines were on a slanted hill, all rain water rushed to the bottom of the vineyard, leaving the upper half quite stressed. However, the vines, as they do, prevailed, and Chenoa’s grandparents held decades of vintages from the site. The same site Embryo II was birthed, 42 years later. The same site, that was the only survivor after the Nuns Fire in 2017 destroyed Chenoa’s grandparent’s property. The same site where Will and Chenoa made their first wine in 2019 and brought them to pursue their wine making project in its entirety. A time capsule indeed, here she is. Embryo II, the second iteration and expression of a terroir shepherded by generations. The Syrah was hand-harvested by Will, Chenoa, and Chenoa’s aunt, Sarah Ashton. It was de-stemmed and crushed into an open top fermentor, where it was punched down twice a day by hand for two weeks. It was pressed into French Neutral Oak where it aged for 8 months, and racked once on NYE. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2021 Alcohol By Volume: 13% Style: Red Wine Varieties: Syrah Vineyard: Ashton Vineyard Farming Practices: Organic AVA: Sonoma Valley Bottling Date: 6-23-22 Cases Produced: 60 Label Art By: Laura Basanta https://www.ashantawines.com/mood-ring daily 0.75 2022-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/b02c4fb2-57e3-4f2f-bfe4-885868d926ae/A28F8EFF-8DD9-4357-B1DC-AD55927E9476_1_105_c.jpg Mood Ring - Mood Ring $28.00 A Classic California Red Wine Blend! 25% 2020 Zinfandel (Sierra Foothills), 25% 2020 Carignan (Mendocino), 25% 2021 Zinfandel (Sonoma Valley), 25% 2021 Merlot (Sonoma Valley). Each varietal was destemmed then crushed, and fermented on the skins for 1-2 weeks. Aged in French neutral Oak, the ‘20 Zinfandel & Carignan were aged in barrel for 21 months. The ‘21 Zinfandel & ‘21 Merlot were aged in barrel for 9 months. They were all racked twice and blended together in May of 2021. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020/2021 Alcohol By Volume: 13% Style: California Red Line Varieties: 50% Zinfandel (‘20/’21) + 25% Merlot ‘21 + 25% Carignan ‘20 Vineyards: Suma Kaw (Sierra Foothills), Clarebec (Sonoma Valley), Clarebec (Sonoma Valley), Testa Vineyard (Mendocino) Bottling Date: 06-23-22 Cases Produced: 95 Fiber Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Dark red fruits, plum, leather, black pepper. https://www.ashantawines.com/red-wines daily 0.75 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1632351225748-5KC4J1YMUZL9IM6C7CQZ/Q0901630.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/23a0cd78-591d-4955-9b42-00e34bffa647/Q0900169.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/f1b33c5b-3f14-4c1a-9bc9-ce1658033b03/Q0900520+2.JPG https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/026395fb-33c7-4985-8ce9-5066b767c4cb/Q0900008.jpg 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The vines flourished until 2017, when the Nuns Fire jumped the highway and surged through the family’s property, decimating the vineyard, and the family homestead of over 50 years. In 2020, we discovered through the tall jungle of uncut grass, that shoots from the Pinot Noir and Gewurztraminer had regrown throughout the years. We restored 160 vines that were seemingly dead and in 2021 we harvested this rare, resilient fruit. Historically, the Gewurztraminer was blended with the Pinot Noir, but we wanted to highlight and preserve the beautiful rose petal aromatics of Gewurztraminer, so we floated the whole cluster Gewurztraminer on direct pressed French Colombard (2021) for 6 months in a large stainless barrel. Bottled aged for 6 months, Lagom, a Swedish word for not too much, not too little, the perfect amount, is singing in her prime. She is delicate yet rounded, and full of rebirth, as she prevailed and regrew even after devastation. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12.6% Style: Skin Contact White Variety: Gewurztraminer + French Colombard Vineyard: Ashton Vineyards AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-09-21 Bottling Date: 6-24-22 Cases Produced: 18 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Rose petals, lemon zest, honey, lychee, cinnamon. https://www.ashantawines.com/mood-ring-ii daily 0.75 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/f1b33c5b-3f14-4c1a-9bc9-ce1658033b03/Q0900520+2.JPG Mood Ring II - Mood Ring II $28.00 California Blend of Rhone Varietals! 40% Syrah ‘20 (Sierra Foothills), 20% Mourvèdre ‘20 (Sierra Foothills), 20% Syrah ‘21 (Central Coast), 20% Carignan ‘22 (Mendocino) Each varietal was destemmed, crushed, and fermented on the skins for 2-3 weeks. Aged in French Neutral Oak. The ‘20 Syrah/Mourvedre was aged in barrel for 26 months. The ‘21 Syrah was aged in barrel for 14 months. They were all racked twice and blended with freshly fermented Carignan in November of 2022. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2020/2021/2022 Alcohol By Volume: 13.5% Style: California Red Wine Varieties: Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan Vineyards: Suma Kaw (Sierra Foothills), Everyman Vineyards (Central Coast), Testa Vineyard (Mendocino) Bottling Date: 12-05-22 Cases Produced: 150 Fiber Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Dark red fruits, plum, leather, black pepper. https://www.ashantawines.com/newsletter daily 0.75 2023-03-30 https://www.ashantawines.com/sankofa-feioja-2021-1 daily 0.75 2024-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/d1fdaa3e-be6f-409b-ad60-65cd92abcc0e/F1AD2CB4-CA65-41BF-9608-8FD381339474_1_201_a.jpeg Sankofa Feioja 2022 - Sankofa Feijoa ‘22 $35.00 Feijoa, also known as Pineapple Guava, is native to the highlands of southern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and Colombia, but can be found growing in Oakland, CA. We discovered abandoned Feijoa trees aligning a park fence, a few blocks from where I grew up. The park’s 10 acres makes it one of the largest parks in North Oakland and baseball players Rickey Henderson, Frank Robinson and Billy Martin played at it in their youth. In the 1960s, it was a practice field for the Oakland Raiders and in the early 70s, it was a rally and protest space for Black Panther Members, my grandparents included amongst them. It was where I made my first home run, and practiced soccer as a youth. These days, we exercise our energetic puppy at this park, which is how we noticed the Feijoa trees in early December. We had to hop a fence to get to the them, as the trees were inside of a derelict part of Sankofa Academy, the elementary school the park shares a fence line with. Sankofa, an African word from the Akan people in Ghana, translates to— It is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind. Sankofa’s symbol is of a mythical bird with its feet firmly planted forward with its head turned backwards. The Akan people believe that the past serves as a guide for the future and Sankofa Feijoa is a reflection of just this. It is unknown who planted the Roma and Feijoa trees we found. As gleaners we are constantly engaging with the past, learning from it and carrying it into the present and the future. This wine is a time capsule that remains open, for the story is always evolving. Roma Apples were gleaned in Occidental, CA on an old, unmaintained family orchard. We spent two days hand picking 1 ton of apples and processed the fruit in Occidental. The juice was fermented in French Neutral Oak, and one barrel was reserved for a Feijoa co-ferment. We processed the Feijoa’s in West Sonoma County, halving the fruit, scooping out the fillings and blending them into a thick slush. We added the blended fruit to a 14 gallon carboy of fermenting Roma apples and co-fermented it on Feijoa pulp for one week. The juice was separated from the pulp and fermented to 1.5 brix in French neutral Oak, then bottled under cap. Hand bottled. Hand capped. Hand disgorged. Hand labeled. Bottled with no additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 9% Style: Petillant Naturel Variety: Foraged Roma Apples + Foraged Feijoa Locations: Occidental + Oakland, CA Farming: Organic/Feral Harvest Date: Roma Apples (October 10, 2021) + Feijoa (December 7, 2021) Soils: Goldridge Series + Clear Lake Series Cases Produced: 18 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘74 https://www.ashantawines.com/writings daily 0.75 2023-04-18 https://www.ashantawines.com/sidra22 daily 0.75 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1617756096360-NXY7H4OP4KL7C3R81QU0/Q0900110.jpg Sidra! '22 - ¡Sidra! $32.00 Organic apple juice started spontaneous fermentation on native yeasts in stainless tank for 10 days. It was then gravity fed into an open top fermentor with freshly pressed Old Vine Carignan skins leftover from a rose pressing. It co-fermented for 5 days days, then was bottled under cap at 1.5 brix. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2022 Alcohol By Volume: 9.3% Style: Petillant Naturel Varieties: Old Vine Carignan (Testa) + Gravenstein Apples Vineyards: Testa Vineyard Certified Organic/Biodynamic/Dry-farmed/74 years old (Mendocino AVA) Soils: Yokayo sandy-loam (Testa) Cases Produced: 120 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Tart Cherry, Red Currant, Flinstones Vitamin, Jelly Belly, Jamaica Spritz with earthy undertones. Perfect for drinking while you cook, an afternoon BBQ, sunset at the beach or the pre-drink of a dinner date. https://www.ashantawines.com/rosedetempranillo daily 0.75 2023-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/87232262-92ae-424a-8409-867107b7208e/Q0900621.JPG Rose de Tempranillo '22 - Amanecer ‘22 $30.00 Three and half hours north of Sonoma and nestled along the westside of the Mendocino National forest, resides the site of the Tempranillo, raised on talmadge gravelly loam soils of the valley floor. This vineyard is the only known producing vineyard in the AVA, making it the only wine coming from upper Mendocino’s Round Valley. Sitting at 1,400 ft. elevation, Round Valley is the only Mendocino Valley AVA with a continental climate rather than a maritime climate. The valley regularly sees 45+ degree diurnal shifts in the summer, with highs nearing triple digits and lows in the mid 50s. To get there, you wind along a steep, narrow one lane roads that contour the middle fork of the Eel River, a 196 mile long river that opens into the Pacific Ocean south of Eureka. After driving through the steep, mountainous terrain, you’re dropped into a fault block valley of 25,000 acres of land. Filled with alluvium soils from 2.5 million years ago, the lower foothills have chaparral vegetation, grassland, scattered Oaks and this unique vineyard. Tempranillo was handpicked by us and an incredible crew during the chilly dawn. Direct pressed whole cluster into stainless for two weeks, then aged in french neutral oak for 7 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2022 Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: RosE Varieties: Tempranillo Vineyards: Claus Vineyard Soils: Talmadge gravelly loam Farming: Organic Bottling Date: 04-01-23 Cases Produced: 130 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Rose petals, savory. https://www.ashantawines.com/tempranillo daily 0.75 2023-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/00fb84db-3bba-4803-ab42-3645f2313ed4/Q0900625.jpg Tempranillo '21 - Minotaure ‘21 $35.00 Three and half hours north of Sonoma and nestled along the westside of the Mendocino National forest, resides the site of the Tempranillo, raised on talmadge gravelly loam soils of the valley floor. This vineyard is the only known producing vineyard in the AVA, making it the only wine coming from upper Mendocino’s Round Valley. Sitting at 1,400 ft. elevation, Round Valley is the only Mendocino Valley AVA with a continental climate rather than a maritime climate. The valley regularly sees 45+ degree diurnal shifts in the summer, with highs nearing triple digits and lows in the mid 50s. To get there, you wind along a steep, narrow one lane roads that contour the middle fork of the Eel River, a 196 mile long river that opens into the Pacific Ocean south of Eureka. After driving through the steep, mountainous terrain, you’re dropped into a fault block valley of 25,000 acres of land. Filled with alluvium soils from 2.5 million years ago, the lower foothills have chaparral vegetation, grassland, scattered Oaks and this unique vineyard. Tempranillo was handpicked by us and an incredible crew during the chilly dawn. It had 20% whole cluster, 30% direct press and the rest was destemmed and crushed into open top fermenters. Fermented for nine days on the skins then pressed into a stainless tank for one week then gravity fed into french neutral Oak. Aged in barrel for 14 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2021 Alcohol By Volume: 13.5% Style: Red Wine Varieties: Tempranillo Vineyards: Claus Vineyard Soils: Talmadge gravelly loam Farming: Organic Bottling Date: 12-01-22 Cases Produced: 150 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Dark fruits, slight tannins, earthy notes, best with grilled meats + vegetables. https://www.ashantawines.com/mawu22 daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1632350656791-6GWY9P4Q65N0X4221GT9/Q0901630.JPG Mawu 2022 - Mawu 2022 $30.00 West of the town of Sonoma, Grebnikoff Vineyard sits on the gentle undulating hillsides southeast of Sonoma Mountain. Interplanted with Merlot and Chardonnay, the Dowdell Creek runs down the base of Sonoma Mountain and parallel to the vineyard, eventually intersecting into the Sonoma Creek. The soils are full of gravelly alluvium that is high in quartz from the sedimentary rocks deposited through the Dowdell Creek. Merlot was 25% whole cluster, 25% crushed and destemmed, and 50% direct pressed. The Chardonnay was destemmed and lightly pressed, and the skins were added to the Merlot in an open top stainless fermenter. Manual bi-daily punchdowns. Aged in French Neutral Oak for 11 months. Racked twice. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2022 Alcohol By Volume: 12.5% Style: Light-medium bodied red/white co-ferment Varieties: 70% Merlot + 30% Chardonnay Vineyard: Grebnikoff Vineyard AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Certified Organic 35+ year old vines Soils: Clough Series, alluvial Harvest Date: 9-2-2022 Brix: 22 Cases Produced: 250 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tastings Notes: Herbaceous with a touch of minerality. Hints of tart cranberries. https://www.ashantawines.com/calypso22 daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1632350421244-39TF17G1GRKVYUOT00N6/Q0901612.JPG Calypso 2022 - Calypso 2022 $33.00 Hand sorted grapes were direct pressed into a stainless tank where it fermented for 19 days. Aged sur lie in neutral oak for 10 months, no battonage. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 13% Style: White Wine Varieties: 100% Chardonnay Vineyard: Grebnikoff Vineyard AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Certified Organic 35+ year old vines Soils: Clough Series, alluvial Harvest Date: 9-02-2020 Brix: 22 Cases Produced: 90 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Mineral, zesty, quartzine, quince, crisp. Opens up beautifully after a couple of hours. Can be decanted. Additional Notes: West of the town of Sonoma, Grebnikoff Vineyard sits on the gentle undulating hillsides southeast of Sonoma Mountain. Interplanted with Merlot and Chardonnay, the Dowdell Creek runs down the base of Sonoma Mountain and parallel to the vineyard, eventually intersecting into the Sonoma Creek. The soils are full of gravelly alluvium that is high in quartz from the sedimentary rocks deposited through the Dowdell Creek. https://www.ashantawines.com/phoenix daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/8a078d0f-d68a-4de4-8ce4-d7cd6ccf13c3/CD61FAF8-E6FB-4E32-AFA1-63543958681D.JPG Phoenix 2021 - Phoenix ‘21 $60.00 In the 1960s, Chenoa’s grandparent’s Stephen and Justine Ashton, were young New York expats who left for the West, eventually landing in Glen Ellen, CA. They were entranced by the small, bohemian town 8 miles north of Sonoma, after communing at spiritual gatherings on Sonoma Mountain where they met working in a garden. After 6 days of knowing each other, they were married and soon found a property on the foothills of Sonoma Mountain, certain this would be where they would spend the rest of their lives, which they indeed did. It was covered with centenarian Oak, Eucalyptus, Madrone and Manzanita trees, and below their quaint farmhouse was a small orchard in a 6 acre field. Chenoa’s grandfather, a stern and serious man who never drank more than two glasses of wine, was inspired to plant a vineyard after hearing stories of his Sicilian grandfather who made wine in Palermo. At this time, Sonoma Valley’s wine industry was just burgeoning, and the hot varietals were Riesling, Pinot Noir, and Gewurztraminer, which Chenoa’s grandparents planted (minus the Riesling) on 4 acres. They were in their mid-20s, bursting with creativity and vivaciousness, determined to fulfill every dream they could conjure. The Pinot Noir became the main varietal, and Chenoa’s grandparent’s hand-grafted the vines on St. George rootstock, and planted the vines themselves, with the aid of family and friends. The vineyard was organic, dry-farmed, head-trained, and the vines produced award winning wines until 2017, when the Nuns Fire destroyed the family’s property. Believed that the vineyard was dead, the family let the site overgrow and it wasn’t until 2020, when Will and Chenoa were clearing the land to build a permaculture garden in early spring, that they discovered new vines alive and growing horizontally from the base of the old vine, in a tall uncut jungle of grass. Inspired, they immediately and painstakingly walked row by row discovering and staking the new vines. To their surprise, by the early summer 160 vines that were once seemingly dead had been reclaimed and were bearing clusters of grapes. A year later, Will and Chenoa harvested the fruit, as their work a year prior assisted the vineyard in producing 1000lbs. A true miracle, considering the vineyard was deemed insufficient after the scorching blaze. A full circle moment, Will and Chenoa returned to where they first made wine in 2019. Named Phoenix after Chenoa’s grandfather’s production company, this is a symbol of resilience, resurrection and reimagination after devastating loss. The Pinot Noir was hand-harvested by Will and Chenoa. 25% Whole cluster, and 75% was de-stemmed and crushed into an open top fermenter, where it was punched down twice a day by hand for two weeks. It was pressed into French Neutral Oak where it aged for 14 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered. Alcohol By Volume: 13% Style: Red Wine Varieties: 100% Pinot Noir Vineyard: Ashton Vineyard AVA: Sonoma Valley Farming: Organic Soils: Clough Series, alluvial Harvest Date: 12-05-2021 Brix: 23 Cases Produced: 22 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta https://www.ashantawines.com/miyakma daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/efba0d39-8de8-4e2e-a5f0-9b0d2dcda4c6/Screen+Shot+2023-11-28+at+9.43.43+AM.png Miyakma 21 - Miyakma ‘21 $70.00 In 2021, we had access to a second pick of a 30 year old Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard, directly 10 miles east of Chenoa’s family’s property on the sloping ridges of the Eastern Mayacama range, situated on the acclaimed Rutherford dust. We spent 3 days handpicking this site, walking atop Mars like soils, submerging ourselves into the upper canopy of the vines where beautiful, tight clusters dangled in the leaves shade. A laborious but rewarding process, we harvested 1000lbs in the scorching harvest heat, and gleaned fruit that would have otherwise been forgotten. The clusters ripened slow and evenly, resulting in a fruit forward yet completely dry, medium bodied Cab. Miyakma, also known as Maiya'kma, is the indigenous word given to the Mayacama Mountain range by the Wappos, and means howling mountain lion, a presence that has encompassed the valley’s for thousands of years. Destemmed and crushed into open top fermenters, where it fermented to dry, then pressed in French neutral Oak where it aged for 14 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered. Alcohol By Volume: 14% Style: Red Wine Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard: Trainor Vineyard AVA: Rutherford Farming: Organic Soils: Franciscan marine sedimentary materials with volcanic deposits Brix: 23 Cases Produced: 22 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta https://www.ashantawines.com/methuselah daily 0.75 2023-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/83a6daf5-e94f-4208-9d24-c7fe05fbcf0e/Screen+Shot+2023-11-28+at+9.33.17+AM.png Methuselah 22 - Methuselah ‘22 $40.00 Our most ancient cuvee to date, these vines are historical markers and a true reflection of Old California. The Pais site was discovered by us in the Russian River Valley. Studies revealed that the original plantings of Pais in Sonoma County were brought by Russians via Peru in the 1800s, and this specific site is one of the only plantings left in Russian River Valley. The 97 year old Grenache was planted on the eastern slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Italian immigrants, as was the Carignan in Mendocino. Named after the oldest tree in the world that resides in Eastern California, Methuselah. Grenache fermented 50% whole cluster, the Mission was direct pressed and co-fermented on destemmed Carignan. The wines were homogenized in tank post-fermentation then aged in neutral oak for 11 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered. Alcohol By Volume: 14% Style: Red Wine Varieties: Carignan (1946) + Pais (1910) + Grenache (1925) Vineyard:Testa Vineyard/Marchetti Family AVA: Mendocino/Russian River Valley/Santa Clara Valley Farming: Organic Brix: 23 Cases Produced: 100 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta https://www.ashantawines.com/mermejita-22 daily 0.75 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/14181b9d-7c05-46ab-8eb8-9a4a2618d7b5/Q0900425.jpg Mermejita '22 - Mermejita ‘22 $36.00 ‘Mermejita’ comes from the southernmost vineyard we worked with in 2021 just miles from the U.S. Mexican border. Dulzura, CA is located in the lower Peninsular Range Region in San Diego County, situated at about 1,800 feet elevation. It is surrounded by steep mountains covered in granite boulders and chaparral vegetation. The marble, slates, schist and quartzites soils come from the cooling of molten magmas within the earth’s crust, some 120-90 million years ago. The magmas were created during a convergence of the subduction of an oceanic crustal plate and the North American plate, and over millions of years masses of volcanic rocks accumulating in the earth’s crust metamorphosed the sedimentary rocks already present. A distinctly ancient region in terms of human existence, Dulzura’s soils reveal a geology of the Earth, and we were able to capture a tiny glimpse of that through the making of this Marsanne/Viognier co-ferment who’s vines’ roots were immersed in these primordial soils. Dulzura has a 30+ degree diurnal shift and the Pacific Ocean breeze consistently blows through the region, keeping the vines cool in the heat of summer. The grapes were hand harvested by crew, Chenoa and Will in August of 2022. The site has 20 different varietals planted, and the day of the pick we were able to decide the co-ferment/field blend we wanted to make. 50% Viognier, 35% Marsanne, 10% Pinot Gris, 5% Sauvignon Blanc. The Viognier was direct pressed, while the Marsanne, Pinot Gris and Sauvignon Blanc were destemmed and fermented on the skins for 10 days, then pressed out and blended with the Viognier. Aged in french neutral Oak, racked twice and aged in barrel for 9 months. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Alcohol By Volume: 12.3% Style: Skin Contact White Variety: 50% Viognier, 35%Marsanne, 10% Pinot Gris, 5% Sauvignon Blanc Vineyard: Valentina Vineyards -1800 ft. elevation AVA: South Coast Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-25-22 Bottling Date: 8-20-23 Cases Produced: 100 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Floral on the nose, taste of dried flowers, dried apricots, dried apples, earthy with salinity. https://www.ashantawines.com/resist-22 daily 0.75 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/8a8e921a-8a18-4777-ba34-1ef9d72bca2e/Q0900408.jpg Resist 2022 - Resist Rosado 2022 $29.00 Syrah was ¾ whole cluster and the rest destemmed into an open top fermenter, the Carignan was direct pressed on top to float the Syrah, two weeks fermented on the skins with gentle hand punchdowns then pressed into French neutral oak to age for 10 months. Racked once. No additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2022 Alcohol By Volume: 12.2% Style: Rosado Varieties: 75% Old Vine Carignan + 25% Syrah Vineyards: Syrah (Sumu Kaw) Carignan (Testa) Harvest Date: 9-16-22 Bottling Date: 07-27-23 Cases Produced: 250 Label Art By: Laura Basanta Tasting Notes: Milk chocolate, sour cherry, textured, drinks like a light red. https://www.ashantawines.com/zazen-2022 daily 0.75 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f0924ff7cb47842c26e0b2b/1634284253390-2EXZ4TZA056ZB2ZFUADZ/BBC262F1-CFCE-421E-BC13-BE070F2189A6.jpg Zazen 2022 - Zazen 2022 $35.00 97-year-old Zinfandel was planted on the eastern valley of the Santa Cruz Mountains by Italian immigrants in 1925. The Zinfandel was processed 25% whole cluster and the rest destemmed into an open top fermenter where it fermented for two weeks, then was pressed into french neutral oak where it aged for 11 months. Bottled with no additions or subtractions. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO2. Vintage: 2022 Alcohol By Volume: 14% Style: Red Wine Varieties: 100% Ancient Vine Zinfandel Vineyard: Marchetti Family Vineyard AVA: Santa Clara Valley Farming: Organic Harvest Date: 8-23-2022 Brix: 23.5 Cases Produced: 100 Fiber Art: Laura Basanta ‘81 Tastings Notes: Tiger Striped Fig, just ripe summer Mulberries, Sierra Alpine Incense Cedar, Black raspberry bramble.