2011 Caldera

Wine Details
Place of Origin

United States

El Dorado, Sierra Foothills

Central Coast

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

62% Mourvedre, 34% Grenache, 4% Counoise

Reviews & Tasting Notes

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Drinking Window

2014 - 2019

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This is a gorgeous set of wines from Helen Keplinger and her husband DJ Warner. Keplinger focuses on single-vineyard Rhône-variety wines from a number of hillside sites in the Sierra Foothills and Sonoma. The wines are made with indigenous fermentations, long macerations and aged in neutral oak with minimal rackings. Helen Keplinger describes 2011 as a very tough vintage. Yields were down about 50% across the board. Keplinger opted for more punchdowns early on in the fermentations in order to get as much extraction as possible. Sadly, there is no Kingpin Rows, but Keplinger fans can look forward to several new bottlings with the 2012 and 2013 vintages. Readers should drink the mostly easygoing 2011s before the richer, more powerful 2010s, all of which will continue to improve in bottle.