2023 Escala Humana 'Livvera' Bequignol, Uco Valley, Argentina Alvaro Castro Spontaneously fermented and rasied in

Spontaneously fermented and rasied in old wooden barrels

• Practicing Organic• 100% Chardonnay• Sourced from Trout Gulch Vineyard (Santa Cruz Mountains AVA)• East facing site • Sand and lifted shallow seabed soils• 35-40-year-old own-rooted vines• Hand-harvested• Crushed on the stem and pressed• Fermented in 7–12-year-old barrels with complete malo• Aged in barrel for 12 months on gross lees• Racked and consolidated into stainless steel for an additional 3-6 months prior to bottling• 12

Fermented and aged barrel (15% new) for 12 months

For this reason it is a very elegant and fresh yet concentrated version of an older Amontillado

We are honored to work with the Ray family and look forward to many more years of harvesting beautiful fruit from this plot

2023 Escala Humana 'Livvera' Bequignol, Uco Valley, Argentina Alvaro Castro Spontaneously fermented and rasied in100% Bequignol A single vineyard in the El Zampal region of the Uco Valley, planted in 1954 Pergola trained on clay loam and sandy soils Hand harvested 100% whole cluster with indigenous yeast fermentation Aged 8 months in used 225L French Oak Barrels