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Planting Trousseau, an old variety from eastern France’s Jura region was done mostly “under-the-radar.” Few had heard of the grape, but Pete was convinced that it would be successful in his high-altitude, dry-farmed vineyards. This wine is a fragrant, light-bodied red with fascinating red fruit and mineraltiy. Very little of this “little treasure” is produced.
About this wine producer: Pete Stolpman’s unique estate, founded in 1990 by his father, Tom Stolpman, is located on a rare limestone outcropping in the heart of Ballard Canyon, has provided grapes to such extraordinary producers as Manfred Krankl at Sine Qua Non, and Adam Tolmach at the Ojai Vineyard. In 2001, Tolmach’s protégé Sashi Moorman joined Stolpman as winemaker, and continues as a working consultant. Today, the entire production is estate-bottled. With ten-year Ballard Canyon veteran winemaker Kyle Knapp in charge of winemaking, and Ruben Solorzano, called “the vine whisperer” by the Santa Barbara Independent overseeing viticulture, Stolpman Vineyards is producing some of the most profoundly beautiful estate-bottled wines in California.
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