Sandlands Red Table Wine

Sandlands is the personal project of Tegan Passalacqua, the winemaker/vineyard manager at the iconic Turley Wine Cellars. The line-up encompasses the forgotten classic California varieties, primarily grown in decomposed granite (sand), from regions and vineyards that have been farmed for many generations but have remained the outliers of California viticulture. Primarily head-trained, dry-farmed and own rooted, the vineyards harken back to California’s roots of exploration, wonder, and hard work.

"The 2022 Red Table Wine (Lodi) is a blend of equal parts Spanker Carignane, Bechtold Cinsault, and Kirschenmann Zinfandel. That combination of sites works so well. Aromatic, pliant and wonderfully persistent, the 2022 is superb. It,s really an Ode to Lodi. Deep and structured, with tons of character, the 2022 is exceptional in every way‡and at this price? Absurd."