Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA To preserve all of the

To preserve all of the bright acidity the wine was prevented from going through malolactic fermentation

and many very old Garnatxa (Grenache) and Samsó (Cariñena in the rest of Spain

whose grandfather was one of the founders of the Tavel appellation (an appellation within the Côtes du Rhône dedicated exclusively to Rosé)

cool Northwest of Spain

and this wine is composed primarily of Chenin Blanc with some oak-aged Viognier and Roussanne to round it out and give some floral aromas as well as a waxy texture

Two Shepherds -- 2018 “Centime” Skin-Fermented Vermentino, Fields Family Vineyard -- Lodi, CA To preserve all of theWilliam Allen, the winemaker at Two Shepherds, has managed the rare feat of earning a trophy case full of accolades from the mainstream wine press while maintaining cred in the natural wine world at the same time. When you source only from family run, organically sustainably farmed vineyards, manipulation of the fermenting juice is unnecessary. We had one of his non skin ferment white blends in a previous Kompas Club, but this is a fully skin