Here is Matt Kettman’s 95 point review from Wine Enthusiast which is totally accurate :
“There is an extremely earthy kick to this entire bottling, beginning with turned soil, rocky gravel, black pepper, dried kelp, crumbled violet and elderberry aromas on the nose. The palate is surrounded by peppery spices, from white to green peppercorns, while also offering boysenberry pie and charred meat flavors that lead into a buzzing Sichuan peppercorn finish.”
This wine was processed with 1/3 whole cluster, fermented using a yeast strain native to the Rhone Valley. It was aged for 12 months in French Oak, 25% new. This wine was never racked, and was filtered before bottling.
Dial Tone, Saint K
$45.00
LABEL: Dial Tone. The story is that we are sending messages out to space and we never hear anything back. In this fictional world we hear something back, and by the time we get there it has taken so long that the race that we are responding to doesn’t exist anymore. This is a satellite from the now defunct station. Dane’s mom helped build a satellite and put it in space, and he modeled this one after the one she built.
The fruit for this wine comes from Old Potrero Vineyard in the Arroyo Grande Valley. This 70 acre vineyard is organically dry farmed at 1,200 feet elevation. The soil is evolved from ancient sea beds, and contains loads of fossilized shells, which is great for grapes. The marine influence regulates the climate and yields sunny days and cold nights allowing for slow ripening- basically perfect for growing grapes.