J. Lohr Wildflower Valdiguie, Arroyo Seco 2022

Served slightly chilled, displays inviting fresh raspberry, cranberry, and pomegranate aromas, with a bit of black pepper and hibiscus. Flavors of brambly, bright red berry with a touch of spice, mid-palate acidity, and a juicy, mouth-watering finish. Wildflower Valdiguie is the lighter red accompaniment to all your culinary adventures.

The Arroyo Seco AVA in Monterey has one of California's longest growing seasons. Brisk winds and fog from nearby Monterey Bay lower daytime temperatures; these conditions, in concert with a lack of damaging fall rains, allow for slow, gentle ripening. The well-drained sandy loam soils, strewn with alluvial stones, complete the picture, producing grapes with trademark fruit intensity and balancing acidity.

Valdiguié is a very fruitful, large-berried winegrape variety which demands extra vigilance from our Monterey Arroyo Seco vineyard crew to prune to just one bud per spur in winter and aggressively thin any extra shoots pushing from the cordon in spring. After fermentation, the wine is cold stabilized by chilling the tank to near freezing. 100% stainless steel.