YAGORIDA

On July 1, 2016, a hailstorm struck and destroyed 75% of our harvest. Leaves, shoots, and clusters were knocked to the ground and ruined. The vine’s struggle for survival continued through the yagorida grapes. Being smaller and later-ripening, many of them survived, and since the main grapes were gone, they had the chance to fully ripen for the first time. We decided to make the best of what nature gave us in this difficult year and produce the finest wine possible from yagorida.

Making wine from yagorida is no easy task – they are wild, with intense flavors and aromas, high acidity, and sharp tannins. It took us four years of aging in four oak barrels to tame the fiery nature of yagorida from Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah, softened with another four barrels of Merlot from the same devastating vintage.

For us, this wine is a symbol of self-preservation and the choices we must make to protect ourselves and what we love. It is also a symbol of resilience, of indomitable life force, and of the unstoppable will to live. Yagorida is our phoenix – reborn and ripened from the wounded vineyards, triumphing in the wine we now place on your table.