Name: Birichino Cinsault Old Vines Vignes Centenaires Bechthold Vineyard 2024 750ml
Brand: Birichino
SKU: 1021947
Price: 27.94 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 92 (1 reviews)

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Varietal Cinsault

Cinsault, a versatile red wine grape, holds roots in the South of France and has spread its influence globally. Known for its adaptability to various climates, Cinsault thrives in warm, arid regions, producing wines celebrated for their lightness, freshness, and approachability. Its soft tannins and vibrant acidity make it a preferred blending grape, often found in rosé wines and traditional blends like Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Cinsault's flavors typically evoke red berries, cherry, and floral notes, offering a charming and easy-drinking profile. Beyond France, it has found a home in regions like South Africa, where it contributes to both blends and standalone expressions. With its ability to craft delightful, quaffable wines, Cinsault continues to intrigue winemakers and enthusiasts seeking accessible yet distinctive varietals.

Country United States

Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.

Region California

California as a wine producing region has grown in size and importance considerably over the past couple of centuries, and today is the proud producer of more than ninety percent of the United States' wines. Indeed, if California was a country, it would be the fourth largest producer of wine in the world, with a vast range of vineyards covering almost half a million acres. The secret to California's success as a wine region has a lot to do with the high quality of its soils, and the fact that it has an extensive Pacific coastline which perfectly tempers the blazing sunshine it experiences all year round. The winds coming off the ocean cool the vines, and the natural valleys and mountainsides which make up most of the state's wine regions make for ideal areas in which to cultivate a variety of high quality grapes.

Appellation Lodi

VM 92pts

Vinous Media

The 2024 Cinsault Bechtold Vineyard, from the oldest known Cinsault vines in the world, is a delicate, super-floral, velvety red that steps lightly and impresses with its sheer class. Blood orange, rosewater and effusive cherry fruit derive lift from the sandy soils here, and fine, powdery tannins dance on the bright finish.

Winery Notes

Cinsault from the historic Bechtold Vineyard in the Mokelumne River AVA of Lodi. The twenty-five acre own-rooted Bechthold vineyard, planted in 1886 by German immigrant Joseph Spenker, is the oldest continuously farmed vineyard in Lodi. Bechtold is farmed organically, without irrigation, on Tokay Fine Sandy Loam soils, which are rich in granitic minerals washed down from the Sierra Nevada range. Lodi may be the coolest area of the Central Valley, with evening temperatures moderated by breezes from the Sacramento River Delta. However, hot daytime temperatures during July and August can be punishing, though these 136 year-old vines shrug off high temperatures, and bring intensely flavored grapes at remarkably modest levels of alcohol and surprising acidities to produce very elegant wines. Fermented with native yeasts and matured in large puncheons and old French barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.