2019 Cantadora "The Healer" Mourvedre
2019 Cantadora "The Healer" Mourvedre
This wine is dedicated to the story of Cynthia Tom.
100% Shake Ridge Ranch, Amador County
80% Mourvedre / 20% Syrah
10% of Sales supports A Place of Her Own
92pts Wine Enthusiast / 94pts Sunset Magazine Competition
The Healer
80% Mourvèdre / 20% Syrah (Shake Ridge Ranch, Amador County)
Picked: 9/20/19
Cases Produced: 124
Bottled: 6/30/21
Alcohol: 14.3%
Aging: Fermented open top, racked once, aged in neutral oak barrels for 21 mo. Unfined, unfiltered. Limited SO2 used at bottling.
Organically and sustainably farmed
This wine is a co-fermentation project in that I co-fermented the Mourvedre with the Syrah and fermented the Mourvedre separately, then aged those apporaches to fermentation in separate barrel groups and tasted them to see what turned out the best. The blend of these two is a surprising and elegant combination. When I tried to add Syrah to this wine that had been fermented on it’s own, it was a bully, it overtook the elegance in the wine. But co-fermented with Mouvedre added a beautiful polish and a silky texture. This wine has some earthy notes, some sweet nutty notes, like the subtle sweetness from a walnut and rich flesy plum overtones. It’s one of my favorite wines I’ve made from Shake Ridge Ranch.
Cynthia Tom is 3rd generation Chinese American. She founded A Place of Her Own™ as an art-making and exhibition-based organization dedicated to helping women transform heartache to resilience. Her art is described as "cultural surrealism" and is part of the permanent collection "What is Feminist Art" at the Smithsonian.
10% of the sales supports A Place of Her Own