2026

necessary to ripen this thick-skinned grape. e dry-farmed, old vines were planted sometime in the 1970’s from budwood taken from the Inglenook property. Ripening Charbono takes some patience; rarely does the sugar get above 23° Brix which means the resulting alcohol is always below 14%. e inky color belies the moderate tannin level, but the acid levels are bright and energetic making it an excellent food wine. We’ve blended in enough Petite Sirah to flesh out the mid-palate and make the wine a little more user friendly.