Scotty Boy! L'Arge d'Oor 2018
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| Management number | 253563079 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$16.40 | Model Number | 253563079 | ||
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L'Arge d'Oor is the fine wine label of Scott Sampler's CCGP operation based in Buellton, California. This 2018 Sangiovese comes entirely from the Dogged Vineyard in Santa Barbara County, sustainably farmed and hand harvested. Only 237 cases were produced.
The winemaking is defined by extremes: 171 days of skin contact, 100% native and ambient fermentation for both primary and secondary fermentations, then 24 months of aging on the gross lees in 100% neutral French oak pieces. The wine was racked once to tank before bottling with 35 ppm total sulfur, unfined and unfiltered.
Santa Barbara County's transverse mountain ranges funnel cool Pacific air and fog inland, creating one of California's most southerly cool-climate wine regions. The county's ancient marine-derived soils — calcareous limestone and chalk, diatomaceous earth, and sandy loams — combined with a long growing season and pronounced diurnal temperature swings, give grapes here exceptional acid retention and extended hang time for flavor development.
The L'Arge d'Oor name is a bilingual play: part French 'l'age d'or' (the golden age) and part English 'large door,' which Sampler describes as a portal between old-world technique and California fruit. At 15.5% ABV and after nearly six years of total production time, this is a wine built for contemplation, not casual sipping.
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