2010 Lithic
United States
Amador, Sierra Foothills
California
Red
44% Grenache, 31% Mourvedre, 25% Syrah
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2013 - 2020
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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.
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2015 - 2025
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Helen Keplinger has turned out a gorgeous set of 2010s to follow up on her 2009s. Now that Keplinger has moved on from her post at Bryant, hopefully she will have even more time to dedicate to her own wines. In addition to the 2010s, I also re-tasted the 2009s, most of which were a bit closed, perhaps in bottle shock.
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Helen Keplinger, who left Bryant Family Vineyard earlier this year, makes precise, scented wines from mostly Rhone varieties.Her specialty is finding interesting steep hillside vineyards off the beaten track in appellations like El Dorado and Knights Valley.If her wines are any indication, these areas still offer great untapped potential for fascinating red blends.
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