The Lomita Estate
- While the winery wasn't formally established until 2009, La Lomita's land holdings include vineyard sites with some of the Valle de Guadalupe's oldest vines.
- La Lomita produces most of its wines with fruit from their organically farmed vineyards located mid-valley on a northwestern facing slope at 950 ft elevation. The winery is one of the few to be certified organic.
- Their vineyards lie approximately 11 miles from the Pacific at an elevation of 1,000 ft. The soil profile is a mix of clay and granite.
Total production: 17 acres under vine, 8 wines, 7,500 cases
2014 Singular - La Lomita
Wine Type:Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
The premium wine from Lomita's organically farmed estate, Singular is a bottling that represents a blend of the best barrels from each vintage. In 2014 the weather favored Tempranillo, so that grape dominates this iteration, which is accompanied by Cabernet Sauvignon and a touch of Syrah. While you can consume this wine right away and derive plenty of pleasure from it, this is a wine that will reward time in the cellar. Over the years the complexity it shows currently will turn up the volume of the subtle notes and resolve into a balance that always makes this a special bottling.
350 cases made - only 4 cases allocated to the US market
Drinking window: Now (with 2 hour decant) - 15 years
Vintage:
2014
Blend:
61% Tempranillo, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Syrah
Producer:
La Lomita
Winemaker:
Gustavo Gonzales - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards, clay and granite
Aging:
Fermented with skins and seeds for three weeks in 1st use American oak barrels and then racked into 1st use French oak barrels and aged for 12 months.
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
16%