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2024 Estate Périphérie, Ibarra-Young Vineyard

2024 Estate Périphérie, Ibarra-Young Vineyard

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These vines are part of the original planting by Charlotte Young in 1971. The 2024 vintage marks these vine’s 53st harvest - pretty amazing. This wine comes from the far western side of the property, the edge, or the “peripherie”. While the majority of the old vines in the vineyard have typical length 3ft shoots, and moderately sized clusters, the “peripherie” row may have up to 10ft long canes sprawling onto the floor and often football sized clusters.  I felt there could be a more intentional use than blending this anomaly section of higher vigor vines into the block designate wines. So, as an ode to the traditional way of harvesting and in an effort to make a fresh wine out of a serious vineyard, I made a co-fermented field blend.  In some ways, it is the truest representation of the site, as it speaks to all the original blocks.  It is a special wine, and it holds a special place in our hearts!

More Info

Périphérie was harvested in the early morning of September 12, in fact, our last day of harvest at Ibarra-Young. The ratio of each of the three varieties was determined by the fruitfulness of vines as we worked up the two “peripherie” designate rows. The Marsanne, Syrah, and Mourvedre were harvested into the same picking bins and brought to the cellar to be destemmed into a two ton fermenter. After native fermentation commenced, this wine was made in a gentle “ infusion style” with minimal pour overs and only the lightest of love touches. Peripherie was sent to press after 10 days on skins. This wine was then aged for 6 months in neutral French oak barrels before being bottled unfined and unfiltered on March 18, 2025.

This is a fresh but serious expression of Ibarra-Young Vineyard. Possibly its truest representation as it encompasses all three of the original blocks on the property. This wine has become quite special to me!

Tasting Notes

You can seek out glimpses of all three varieties in this wine. Delicate yet fairly formal. Light, alive, easy, crushable - but crushable in a fancy way. Like you’re about to have the best night of your life tearing it up on the dance floor at your best friend's wedding.

Wine Details

  • 12.8% ABV
  • 96 cases produced
  • Ingredients: beyond-organic grapes, minimal sulfites
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  • about the label

    Art: The weasel on the front was painted by my mother, Eileen Anderson. The native Mustela frenata, the long-tailed weasel, is a cheeky little critter on this cheeky little wine. We always get excited to see them around springtime in the vineyard. They are veracious hunters and help manage the gopher population in the vineyard. The beneficial insects on the back label are painted by me. These are some of the invertebrates we are looking for in the vineyard in order to maintain a healthy pest population, naturally.