Margins - 'Neutral Oak Hotel' - Harvest Blend - California, USA - 2021
Regular price $41.00
Unit price per
Special Orders
Want more than we have in stock? Get yourself a larger allocation! 2-case minimum applies in most cases. Availability, pricing and any discount are confirmed individually and may differ between retail, case and club price.
Submitting a request does not guarantee an order. When we receive your request we will check with our suppliers and confirm availability, price and any discount with you before anything is charged.
Request a Case Order24% Mourvèdre (Santa Clara Valley), 23% Pinot Noir (Santa Cruz Mountains), 12% Chenin blanc (Clarksburg), 8% Barbera (Santa Cruz Mountains), 8% Grenache (Paicines), 7% Cabernet Sauvignon (Santa Cruz Mountains), 7% Nebbiolo (San Benito County), 6% Merlot (Santa Cruz Mountains), 5% Counoise (Santa Clara Valley)
2Production: *322 cases *AVA: *California *Vineyards: *Many
*Farming:
As of 2021 all vineyards Margins works with are farmed organically.
Vinification:
100% destemmed. Fermented and aged separately and blended right before bottling. Aged in neutral oak for 4-6 months (depending on the cuvée). Native fermentation, no fining, no filtration, no other modifications or additions except 20 ppm of sulfur dioxide the week before bottling. The Cab Sauv (7% of the blend) also received 10 ppm of sulfur dioxide in September 2021.
4Bio:
I had been sitting on the name of this blend for a few years, waiting for the right opportunity to come along. During harvest 2020 the occasion presented itself when a fermentation didn’t work as planned, and I needed to find a creative solution to generate the best possible outcome. I started doing blending trials with the goal of creating a cuvée that brought out the best in what I had to work with.
Harvest 2021 was a wonderful harvest with no fermentation complications, but from now on I will continue to play with blending under this cuvée name, as a light-hearted juxtaposition to the single vineyard/single varietal wines that Margins has focused on thus far.
CHILLABLE TO THE MAXIMUM!
Margins produces low-intervention wines using grapes from underrepresented regions, vineyards, and varietals. We are part of the growing movement in California to make wines from vineyards farmed organically or in organic conversion using minimal additives during the winemaking process, thereby showcasing the vineyards the grapes came from.
Much like people living on the 'margins of society,' vineyards can be outcasts too. Most consumers of wine are only familiar with a handful of grape growing regions and types of wine. Margins draws attention to vineyards and varietals throughout northern and central California that find themselves on the margins without the recognition they deserve.
Part of the Margins mission over the last five years has been to work with small growers to transition their vineyards from conventional to organic farming by providing guidance as well as assurance that the grapes will have a home. We believe that if we worked solely with organic vineyards, we would not be using our role in the industry to its full potential to enact agricultural change. As of vintage 2021, all the vineyards Margins works with are farmed organically.
Margins is a winemaking endeavor of Megan Bell, a winemaker living and working in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Prior to settling on the central coast of California, Megan received her BS in Viticulture and Enology from UC Davis in 2012 and apprenticed in wineries and vineyards in Napa, the Livermore Valley, the Willamette Valley, Central Otago (NZ), and the Loire Valley (France).