Say When Stipa Graciano Rosé 2020
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| Management number | 253691502 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.80 | Model Number | 253691502 | ||
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Stipa is 100% Graciano sourced from the Ibarra-Young Vineyard in the Los Olivos District AVA, Santa Barbara County. The Graciano block was planted in the late 1990s as a suitcase clone — own-rooted, farmed organically since inception, and under regenerative organic management. The wine is named for Michel DeAscentiis's grandmother, Rose Stipa.
Grapes were foot-trodden and left on the skins for one hour before pressing. Fermentation proceeded with native yeasts only. The wine aged eight months in neutral French oak, then was bottled unfined and unfiltered at 12% ABV. No additions were made beyond a small amount of sulfur at bottling.
Graciano is a high-acid Spanish variety rarely grown in California, and at Ibarra-Young it consistently produces fruit with sharp natural acidity — a key reason it is directed to rosé rather than red production. The short maceration pulls color and a touch of tannin from the skins without extracting heavy phenolics, keeping the wine fresh and vinous.
On the palate, the wine delivers strawberry and cranberry fruit with herbal undertones and a firm, dry finish driven by Graciano's natural acidity.
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