Âmevive - 'Cariño - Ibarra-Young Vineyard' - Tempranillo, Graciano - Los Olivos District, Santa Barabra, CA - 2023

Notes from the Winery/Importer

A version of Tempranillo you’ve never tried before. Bright, yet moutfilling, and exceptionally balanced. Barely ripe dark berry tart with a nice little grippy finish! Cariño is a coferment of Pesquera Tempranillo and Graciano from the late 90’s plantings at Ibarra-Young. The Pesquera Tempranillo at Ibarra-Young is an own-rooted suitcase clone originating from Bodega Pesquera in Pesquera del Duero, Spain. The Tempranillo grows beautifully at Ibarra Young. In Los Olivos District AVA, Tempranillo grows easily, is very drought resistant, and always wins the beauty contest. These vines clearly want to be here! Cariño translates to ‘darling’ in Spanish, a symbol of how the two varieties complement each other in bottle. Tempranillo is always the first to ripen at Ibarra-Young. We harvested a few tons of this Pesquera clone to kick off our 2023 vintage. And we definitely drank Champagne! We processed the Tempranillo using about 40% of the whole cluster at the winery. 7 days after the Tempranillo harvest, I picked a few rows of Graciano to destem on top of the Tempranillo ferment. Graciano adds the acid backbone to Cariño, something Tempranillo doesn’t typically have on its own. After pressing the ferment gently after about 16 days, Cariño aged in neutral French oak barrels until a month before bottling. The barrels were racked up to tank, and the wine was bottled unfined and unfiltered in July of 2024

• 190 cases produced
• 11.6% ABV
• Regenerative organic grapes managed holistically, minimal effective sulfites

  Notes on the Producer

  Pronunciation: "ahm-veev" ​ ​Translation: soulful, lively soul, living soul ​ the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments. high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage. the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity and separate from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.

We lease and farm the Ibarra-Young Vineyard in Los Olivos District A.V.A.

This vineyard was planted by Charlotte Young in 1971 and is still owned by her three daughters. Charlotte's right-hand man, Miguel Ibarra, Helped her plant the vineyard in 1971 and continued to work on the vineyard for more than 40 years. Today, we celebrate this duo by designating these 10 acres as the Ibarra-Young Vineyard.

Ibarra-Young Vineyard was one of the first vineyards planted in the Santa Ynez Valley and has so much soul you can feel it. The first 3 acres were planted in 1971 and 3 more acres were planted in 1973. In the late 90's and early 2000's Bob Lindquist completed Ibarra-Young's planted acreage with the "young" vines in the rockier section of the vineyard.

The vineyard is planted to Syrah and Mourvèdre planted in 1971, Marsanne planted in 1973, as well as suitcase clone Tempranillo and Graciano planted in the late 90's. Everything on the property is own-rooted and has been farmed organically since 1993. We began leasing and farming this special place at the beginning of 2020 and employ regenerative organic and biodynamic practices.
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Our goal is to rebuild an ecosystem of native species that live alongside our vine rows, regenerate soil health, and grow the highest quality grapes this site can give. We believe the best wine grapes are grown with minimal inputs and conscious vineyard management. We reject a systematic schedule for viticulture and farming in general. We believe that by working in conjunction with nature we can increase biodiversity and soil health, minimize unnecessary sprays, minimize tractor passes and compaction, decrease water use, and reduce our carbon footprint.

We look forward to taking you along on this journey of unconventional viticulture with us. We hope to convince you that with a lot of passion and hard work, world-class wines are made with minimal intervention in a vineyard that grows alongside a healthy living ecosystem.
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