2022 Mega Focus
(46%, Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 24% Syrah)
Sculpterra’s 2022 Mega Focus is a Grenache dominant GSM style wine. It offers plentiful aromas of plum, boysenberry, strawberry, clove, and roasted almonds with floral notes of jasmine and violet.. A chalky-dusty texture frames each sip, where red currants, roasted meat, and nutmeg come together. It is medium bodied and a perfect example of warm climate Grenache done right! This wine is so well balanced and complex, yet supple and soft with easy tannins.
This “GMS” blend was crushed, crafted, and bottled at Sculpterra Winery. The resulting “must” was concentrated with a high skin to juice ratio. The three different wines were fermented and aged separately, then blended. Grenache, the dominate player in this blend, was fermented in stainless and we used yeast GRE to ferment to dryness. We fermented this Grenache slowly, never allowing the temperature to get to more than 80 degrees F. The Mourvèdre was a small lot of only 5.2 tons and also fermented 100% in stainless steel. Mourvèdre ferments fast and exhibits flavors of jam, backed bread, and ripe tropical fruits. Syrah, the darkest wine of the bunch, adds the backbone to this blend with balanced tannins, structure, and dense richness on the finish and brings us flavors of cherry, violent, and lavender, as well as intense red-purple color.
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| Vintage | 2022 |
| Varietal Composition | 46%, Grenache
30% Mourvèdre
24% Syrah |
| Appellation | Central Coast |
| Acid | 0.64 g/100 ml |
| PH | 3.55 |
| Residual Sugar | 0.02 g/100 ml |
| Alcohol | 14.70% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Bottling Date | 12/14/2023 |
| Cases Produced | 700 |
2022 was a rollercoaster growing season and one of the most challenging years in the last 15 years! The vintage featured extremes with a summer and fall with record breaking heat and uninvited rains during harvest. I was especially pleased with the Grenache produced. We sourced the Grenache fruit from Rafael’s Jimenez San Miguel Vineyard, a picturesque vineyard featuring gravely soils, high afternoon winds, and a history of slow ripening. Mourvèdre is gown at our very own “Lago De Los Patos” block, an amazing consistent vineyard that ripens early and displays stone fruit character. Finally, the Syrah in this blend comes from our neighbor Eugene Alonso. This vineyard on Penman Springs Road in Paso Robles is planted low in a valley overlooking the “Huero-Huero” riverbed.
World Cooperage worked with me to create a custom 'Fusion' oak barrel that was tailor made to my specifications with a individual barrel profile, toast, and combination of oak species. The end result was a barrel that respects the fruit while adding unique and flavorful elements. We bottled in December of 2019 and then bottle aged the wine a full year before releasing it at our tasting room. This complex Rhone-style blend will gain even greater depth and nuance though 2025.
- Paul Frankel
