J Brix | 'Island of Souls' skin-contact white Carbonic Maceration clean taste

clean taste

Their family vineyard has specialized in Grignolino wines for five generations

this Italian version is lighter than expected

There is a tart black cherry and a hint of dark chocolate just to balance out the fruit flavors

J Brix | 'Island of Souls' skin-contact white Carbonic Maceration clean tasteThis wine is cool for a number of reasons: it comes from vineyards in San Diego and it's made from some of our favorite Italian and French grapes (Vermentino and Picpoul), and these white grapes were fermented on the skins making this beautiful orange color and INCREDIBLY textured wine. Like peach skins in syrup it's surprisingly soft and scrumptious with a zip to the finish.