Dirty and Rowdy, Cuvee Herve, 2018 SPcount0226 memorable experience

memorable experience

ferments with native yeasts and gives a long elevage of roughly 19 to 22 months

twice distilled in small stills

with a modern-traditional approach that pairs long maceration with neutral botti aging

Dirty and Rowdy, Cuvee Herve, 2018 SPcount0226 memorable experienceCuvee Herve is Hardy Wallace's tribute bottling, a Mourvedre drawn from Dirty & Rowdy's roster of old, organically farmed California sites. Wallace made his name mastering Mourvedre, a grape that's tricky to ripen without going heavy, and his whole answer is whole cluster fermentation, foot crushing, native yeast and neutral vessel aging to keep the fruit lifted rather than jammy. It's bottled the way all his reds are: unfined, unfiltered, with just a