Real Minero Barril SANTA RITA HILLS

Real Minero Barril SANTA RITA HILLSReal Minero is as deeply rustic and culturally historic as mezcal production can get. Roughly translated as royal miner, the brand is exemplary of the minero style of mezcal which can only be certified from Santa Catarina Minas, specifically. Minero implies a production method otherwise referred to as en barro or en olla; distillation occurs in handmade, clay pots using a carved, wooden spoon suspended on string to collect condensed distillate. Much

Small Batch is handcrafted from a sweet mash of premium

Since 2011

Made primarily from Nebbiolo

Hand-harvested from estate-owned sites and aged in French oak barrels

This Sauvignon Blanc-based Bordeaux Blanc is a CoolVines classic

while a slow maceration with a Tahona results in a cleaner

dried cherries

Round texture

but each one of the wines is sourced from different plots with nuances that distinguishes them

& sumptuous bubbly is 70% chardonnay

It’s hard not to get lost in every nuanced complexity here

a wonderful wash of balsam-soaked mineral