Broc Cellars "Got Grapes" Red California 2022

• producer: Broc Cellars
• region: California
  
• country: USA
• grape variety: barbera, syrah, carignan, dolcetto

From the importer: “Established in 2004 by owner and winemaker Chris Brockway, Broc Cellars is a Berkeley-based natural winery that makes refreshing and approachable wines for everyday drinking. Chris Brockway’s winemaking journey began with California Zinfandel. The spicy, brambly fruit style drew him from his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska all the way to California. What he found, however, was that California wines had changed to fit the “bigger is better" mold of the time. Personally, he felt it was all too much – high alcohol, too big, too much everything. Chris believed California wine could be different. From a single barrel in 2002 to now over 20 different wine releases a year, Broc Cellars makes fresh California wines to enjoy and for your table. In 2023, Broc Cellars extended their vision of simple and ethical winemaking into the vineyard as new owners of Fox Hill Vineyard, an organically farmed 60-acre site planted to Italian varieties in Mendocino County.”

The winemakers describe this wine as “a great go-to red that smartly walks the tightrope of pensive structure with lighthearted fruit.” Juicy and full of notes of plum fruit and candied raspberry.