Florez "Free Solo" Old Vine Heritage Blend 2022

James Welks bottles some of the most compelling wines in California (we’re not alone thinking this). Here are his thoughts on this bottle:
“This is California heritage. I fell in love with mixed vineyards because they represent what the first settlers were planting to drink. From a tiny family vineyard just about 100 years old. This is a finite resource and it’s a privilege to be the only vintner to make wine from grapes grown there. This unique vineyard creates a wine with a singular personality that can’t be replicated.”
The wine is a field blend of Zinfandel, Mourvedre, Carignan, Alicante Bouschet, Petite Sirah, Black Muscat from the tiny (0.6 acre) Locarnini vineyard in Santa Clara Valley, and it shows its rich and robust character with concentrated red cherry fruit, cola, and menthol notes.