2015 Brecon True Acacia Head Albarino
Brecon introduces a New! New! Wine Style… This feisty Central Coast Albarino is the latest addition to our family! The use of barrels with Acacia heads adds structure and enhances floral notes without the toastyness or vanillins associated with oak. It's certainly food friendly, refreshing, more in the grapefruit flavor spectrum with white peach overtones.
By the way, there are around 800 known species of true acacia. The Acacia used in barrels is not one of them. We just liked the name!
92 Pts. Doug Wilder. purely domestic wine report. Aug 2016
Brecon introduces a New! New! Wine Style… This feisty Central Coast Albarino is the latest addition to our family! The use of barrels with Acacia heads adds structure and enhances floral notes without the toastyness or vanillins associated with oak. It's certainly food friendly, refreshing, more in the grapefruit flavor spectrum with white peach overtones.
By the way, there are around 800 known species of true acacia. The Acacia used in barrels is not one of them. We just liked the name!
European Acacia (Robinia pseudoacacia) has been used in France for many generations on varietals such as Viognier or Sauvignon Blanc. Brecon saw a natural affinity between these varietals and our cool coastal Albarino’s and what started as a winemaker's simple curiosity, or a couple of barrels just to try, has morphed into an exciting new wine style.
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Varietal | Albarino |
| Varietal Composition | 2015 Albarino Edna Valley 100%
81.1% Jack Ranch Vineyard
12.6% Paragon Vineyard
6.3% Sayer Lindquist vineyard
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| Appellation | Central Coast |
| Acid | 0.60g/100ml |
| PH | 3.33 |
| Aging | Drink Now-2021 |
| Residual Sugar | 0.14 |
| Alcohol | 13.50% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 04/06/2016 |
Fruit sourcing is also the fun part of any new project and Brecon has our sticky mitts on the original central coast Albarino (Jack Ranch) and makes up 81% of the 2015 True Acacia Head. The balance coming from two other Edna Valley albarino plantings (Paragon and Sawyer Lindquist).
