Case configuration: (6 x 750mL)

Winery: Âmevive

Appellation: Martin Ranch Vineyard, Los Alisos Canyon AVA, Santa Barbara, Central Coast

Philosophy/Practices: Certified Demeter Biodynamic

Grape Variety: 100% albariño

13.1%

A beautiful, biodynamic white wine that is oh-so perfect for summer weather. These grapes are grown in the Certified Biodynamic Martin Ranch Vineyard in the newest AVA of Santa Barbara County: Los Alisos Canyon, which is located right between the larger Santa Maria Valley (north) and Santa Ynez Valley (south) appellations – and shows the best characteristics of both regions!

Hand-harvested in the early morning, half of the bins that came in were foot stomped (“pigeage”) and left to macerate with skins overnight; and half of the bins were allowed to remain in whole clusters. The next morning, the grapes were pressed lightly together in a bladder press and the juice settled in tank overnight. Fermentation took place in partial stainless steel and partial neutral French oak, and the resulting wine aged in neutral French oak until it was bottled, unfined, unfiltered and with minimal SO2, in March 2022.

On the label: Note from Alice – The tarweed on the front was painted by my talented mom, Eileen Anderson. Deinandra fasciculata, yellow tarweed, grows in this vineyard and is native to Central and Southern California. The Chumash harvested tarweed seeds, mashed them, and combined them with water to make a raw seed ball. Tarweed was a big part of their diet in the summertime as it thrives in dry soils. The biodynamic preparations on the back label are painted by me. They are an ode to all of the care that goes into maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the vineyard and its surrounding ecology.