Red Belly is our ode to the South of France, where blending varietals to achieve the perfect synergy is the way of life. 2019 Red Belly is a composition of Niemi Vineyard Carignane in Redwood Valley, Ashurst Vineyard Syrah in Hopland, and Charlie Sawyer’s Grenache Vineyard that sits at 1000 feet elevation above Ukiah in Mendocino. In 2019, the first week in October was a busy one, as we harvested Ashurst Syrah on the second, followed by Niemi Carignane and Sawyer Grenache on the third. Each vineyard was hand-picked by our crew at first light, then transported to our facility in Sonoma for vinification.
Each lot was passed down the sorting table before being crushed into the fermenter. While the Niemi Carignane and Ashurst Syrah were de-stemmed, we retained 10% stems in the Sawyer Grenache. Grenache was punched down twice daily in an open-top fermenter; the remaining lots were pumped over twice daily. All red wine ferments with indigenous yeast at their own pace. After primary fermentation, each lot was separately barreled to seasoned French cooperage. After secondary fermentation is complete, a barrel selection is made, racked to a tank, and then returned to barrel for the final months of elevage. As with all our red wines, Red Belly was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Ruby red. Ripe fruit aromas of plum, red raspberry, and black cherry with a violet floral top note. The medium-bodied palate is ripe and creamy, with the plum and wild berry fruit complemented by warm brown spice and sweet, firm tannin. The textural palate impression leads into a long fruit-imbued finish with tannin and fruit in perfect harmony.
Skylark Wine Company is a collaboration between Boulevard Restaurant wine directors John Lancaster and Robert Perkins. John and Robert have run the wine program at the acclaimed Boulevard Restaurant in San Francisco for fifteen years. During their tenure at Boulevard, they have built a close friendship, an inventory of wines from around the globe, and a palate of tasting wines of the world from vintage to vintage. This partnership has created long-term relationships with the entire scope of the wine industry, from winemakers to vineyard managers to owners. With these relationships, their next logical progression was the realization of a dream: making fine wine from select vineyards in Northern California. While the original plan was simply a barrel, they jumped in with 14 barrels of Syrah from the 2002 harvest. Skylark Wine Company was formed.
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2019 Skylark Red Belly, Mendocino County
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2019 Skylark Red Belly
6 bottles for $99.99 $16.67/bottle + $1.33/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $169.99 $14.17/bottle + $1/bottle shipping