# Super Californian Red Blend (2024)

- **Producer:** Wavy Wines
- **Colour:** red
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Merlot, Barbera, Freisa, Mourvèdre, Sagrantino, Cabernet Franc, Grenache
- **Region:** California, United States
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.5%
- **Average price:** €26
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now
- **Serving temperature:** 14–16 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** strawberry, cherry, plum, raspberry, redcurrant, blueberry

## About this wine

Wavy Wines was founded in 2019 in Los Angeles by Jude Zasadzki and Eliot Kessel with a focus on producing natural, low-intervention wines built for easy drinking. The Super Californian is playfully conceived as a reverse Super Tuscan. Where Super Tuscans blend French grape varieties into Tuscan Sangiovese, this cuvée combines classic Italian varieties alongside French and Rhône grapes grown in California gravelly soils. The fruit is sourced from the organically farmed Siletto Family Vineyards located along Tres Pinos Creek in San Benito County.

## Interesting facts

- Conceived as a playful 'reverse Super Tuscan', blending Italian and French grapes grown in California.
- Grapes are sourced from old vines at Siletto Family Vineyards along Tres Pinos Creek in San Benito County.
- A zero-zero natural wine made with ambient yeasts, unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfur dioxide.

## Food pairing

The lively acidity and low tannin structure make this chillable red extremely versatile with food. Bright acidity cuts through rich fats in cured meats and melted cheese, while soft tannins ensure it won't overpower poultry or delicate pork dishes.

## Wine making process

Harvested by hand from organically farmed old vines in San Benito County. Merlot, Barbera, and Freisa are co-fermented in open-top stainless steel fermenters using a mixture of 50% whole-cluster and 50% destemmed fruit with native yeasts. Direct-pressed lots of Mourvèdre, Sagrantino, Cabernet Franc, and Grenache are added to the tank and macerated to dryness using twice-daily manual punchdowns. Aged entirely in stainless steel tanks to preserve fresh primary character and bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with zero added sulfur dioxide.