2017 BYRON BLATTY "ANGELICA" LOS ANGELES COUNTY DESSERT WINE

2017 BYRON BLATTY "ANGELICA" LOS ANGELES COUNTY DESSERT WINE, CALIFORNIA (375 ML). (Organic)

About: Mark Blatty and his wife Jenny founded Byron Blatty Wines in 2014, after a visit to Napa Valley. Inspired by the story of Napa’s original vintners, who challenged the French with their determination to create world-class wines in a previously unproven region, the Blattys had only one rule that would guide them on their endeavor to start a commercial winery: The wines had to be from their hometown of Los Angeles. Initially they intended to plant a small vineyard on their hillside property, but soon realized that the space was not large enough, nor was it right for the varietals they had in mind. Undeterred, they began to search for vineyards in LA County from which to source their grapes. Despite the area's rich wine history, established vineyards in LA are few and far between, and it took the couple nearly a year to discover just the right sites, tucked away in the far corners of the county.

Byron Blatty Wines focuses on limited-edition, handcrafted red wines that feature small family-owned vineyards in Los Angeles County. All of the fruit is handpicked, fermented in small open-top bins, and aged in a mixture of new and neutral French oak barrels for 18 - 30 months. The result is a selection of powerful wines with bold flavors that showcase the best of what LA has to offer. If terroir is a sense of place and the expression of its character, Los Angeles has never been expressed this way before. (Producer)