Dirty & Rowdy

Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Mourvedre

9.2148 ratings
9.375 pro ratings
Santa Barbara County, Central Coast, California, USA
Mourvedre
Pasta, Beef, Chili & Hot Spicy, Hard Cheese, Lamb, Potato, Mushrooms, Salami & Prosciutto, Pork, White Rice, Tomato-Based, Pungent Cheese, Venison, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.3

Beautiful complexity aromatically and texturally. Red fruited, floral and an earthen silkiness. Nice acidity, welcome chewy structure but lighter extraction, lively to drink. I’d say this Mourvèdre is in prime drinking window, but has years of life ahead. Appreciate an old world “completeness” here and glad to have had patience. Bravo Hardy 👏

Beautiful complexity aromatically and texturally. Red fruited, floral and an earthen silkiness. Nice acidity, welcome chewy structure but lighter extraction, lively to drink. I’d say this Mourvèdre is in prime drinking window, but has years of life ahead. Appreciate an old world “completeness” here and glad to have had patience. Bravo Hardy 👏

Dec 6th, 2017
Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.2

Aaaahhh Dirty Durty Duuurty... A little rough out of the gates in the first day, but this wine was just bottled, and judging it now would be as ludicrous as telling a 6 year old he'll never grow up to be a Unicorn Wrangler. Second day it was more intact, more cinnamon spice I associate with good carbonic maceration, not the banana and cotton candy. Bright, fresh red berry fruits, soft mid-palate with sour cherry core, fine but dense tannins and loaded with spice. This wine shows all the right dimensions of being something beautiful, I'd say 6 months and she won't be afraid to show herself to you. 2 years, and you'll wish you'd saved more bottles. Picked at 20.7 degrees Brix, whole cluster fermented, "barely" foot tread, more just pushed down with feet to maintain whole berries under the juice to promote carbonic maceration. A fairly aggressive pressing was done at the end of ferment to try to squeeze some tannins out and add a bit of structure and texture. Aged in one 5 year old Demi-muid and one 5 year old French oak barrel. Never racked until bottling. 82 cases made. 11.6% alcohol 3.9 pH

Aaaahhh Dirty Durty Duuurty... A little rough out of the gates in the first day, but this wine was just bottled, and judging it now would be as ludicrous as telling a 6 year old he'll never grow up to be a Unicorn Wrangler. Second day it was more intact, more cinnamon spice I associate with good carbonic maceration, not the banana and cotton candy. Bright, fresh red berry fruits, soft mid-palate with sour cherry core, fine but dense tannins and loaded with spice. This wine shows all the right dimensions of being something beautiful, I'd say 6 months and she won't be afraid to show herself to you. 2 years, and you'll wish you'd saved more bottles. Picked at 20.7 degrees Brix, whole cluster fermented, "barely" foot tread, more just pushed down with feet to maintain whole berries under the juice to promote carbonic maceration. A fairly aggressive pressing was done at the end of ferment to try to squeeze some tannins out and add a bit of structure and texture. Aged in one 5 year old Demi-muid and one 5 year old French oak barrel. Never racked until bottling. 82 cases made. 11.6% alcohol 3.9 pH

3 people found it helpfulMay 21st, 2013
Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.5

Fantastic purity, so fresh, a wine with love. Hardy makes inspired wines.

Fantastic purity, so fresh, a wine with love. Hardy makes inspired wines.

2 people found it helpfulMar 30th, 2014
Craig Camp

General Manager Troon Vineyards

9.1

Lots of pleasure here. Almost delicate. Perhaps a bit more intensity would be nice.

Lots of pleasure here. Almost delicate. Perhaps a bit more intensity would be nice.

1 person found it helpfulJun 26th, 2016
Olga Tuttle

Partner/Winemaker Teutonic Wines

9.8

Natural winemaking at its best.

Natural winemaking at its best.

1 person found it helpfulJun 22nd, 2014
Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.2

The rare No SO2 bottling of 2010 SBB Highland Mourvedre. Would love to see more of these from Mr Wallace. So good!!

The rare No SO2 bottling of 2010 SBB Highland Mourvedre. Would love to see more of these from Mr Wallace. So good!!

Jul 24th, 2016
David Conway

This is killer California Mourvèdre.

This is killer California Mourvèdre.

Apr 8th, 2016
Mark Morgan

Lip smacking

Lip smacking

Nov 27th, 2015
Nicolas Montigelli

Straight Outta Magnum.

Straight Outta Magnum.

Nov 18th, 2015
Loren Grossman

Vintner Wilde Farm Wines

9.2

Nice job Hardy! 👊🏻

Nice job Hardy! 👊🏻

Oct 29th, 2015