{"title":"Old World Winery","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld World Winery is one of the rare California estates that can trace its vines back to the 1890s, its biodynamic farming back more than two decades, and its natural winemaking philosophy back to a grandfather's cellar. Darek Trowbridge is neither a trend follower nor a boutique newcomer; he is a fourth-generation steward of some of Russian River Valley's oldest planted ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarek Trowbridge is the great-grandson of Giuseppe Martinelli, who began growing grapes in California's Russian River Valley in the nineteenth century. After earning a degree in viticulture and enology from Fresno State and completing a Master's degree in winemaking in 1998, Trowbridge founded Old World Winery on River Road in Fulton, Sonoma County. His approach from the start was to return to the methods his family practiced before the era of industrial winemaking, stripping away additives and manipulation and trusting the fruit and the place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore on how they farm and work in the cellar in our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/natural-wine-producers-primal-wine\/old-world-winery\"\u003eOld World Winery producer profile\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"laureate-chardonnay-old-world-winery-natural-wine","title":"Old World Winery L'Aureate Chardonnay 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eL'Aureate is a skin-contact Chardonnay from Old World Winery's Nagomi Vineyard in the Russian River Valley, Sonoma County. The grapes are whole-cluster foot-stomped and allowed 48 hours of skin contact before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts. The wine is then aged in neutral oak barrels, remaining on the lees the entire time without racking, and bottled unfined and unfiltered with total sulfur below 30 ppm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Darek Trowbridge farms the Nagomi Vineyard regeneratively and dry-farms vines on silty loam soils similar in composition to the Goldridge soils found near Sebastopol. No temperature control, commercial yeasts, enzymes, or new oak are used at any point in the cellar. The result is a wine that reflects the vineyard and vintage without correction or manipulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the palate, L'Aureate is bright and crisp with a textural grip from the skin contact, tropical fruit character, and a light savory, yeasty edge. It drinks closer to a structured white than a deeply tannic orange wine, making it approachable for those exploring skin-contact styles for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old World Winery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37753545490631,"sku":"OLDWAURE19C","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/old-world-winery-l_aureano-orange-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630819158"},{"product_id":"red-sparkling-abouriou-nv","title":"Old World Winery Single Cloud Chillable Red 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eSingle Cloud is a field blend grown on a one-acre vineyard at 1,100 feet elevation in the Fountaingrove District of Sonoma County, within the Mayacamas Mountains. The soils are volcanic clay, a byproduct of an eruption at Mount St. Helena approximately 3.4 million years ago. The blend is dominated by Cabernet Franc (51%) with Petite Sirah (18.5%), Syrah (14.5%), and small amounts of Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Viognier, Grenache, and Mourvèdre making up the remainder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinemaker Darek Trowbridge farms organically and biodynamically without irrigation. Grapes are hand-picked and foot-stomped as whole clusters, then macerated on skins and stems for three days. Fermentation proceeds with native yeasts only. The wine ages nine months in neutral barrels sur lie, unfined and unfiltered, with 15 mg\/L of added SO2 at bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a light, fruit-forward red built for chilling. Wild cherry drives the palate, while clove and star anise come through on the nose. At 11% ABV, it sits closer to a Beaujolais in weight than a typical California red blend, making it a practical choice for warm-weather drinking straight from the fridge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old World Winery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40199734231239,"sku":"OLDWABOU","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/old-world-winery-trowbridge-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1630820338"},{"product_id":"single-cloud-chillable-red-natural-wine","title":"Old World Winery Single Cloud Chillable Red 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eOld World Winery Single Cloud Chillable Red is a red sparkling natural wine made from a blend of Sauvignon blanc, Semillon, Viognier, Grenache, Mourvedre, Syrah, Petite Sirah, and Cabernet Franc. Minimal intervention in the cellar for a light and refreshing red wine, notes of small red berries and anise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old World Winery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42557738090712,"sku":"OLDWCLOU20C","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/old-world-winery-bottle-cloud-hill-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1718500569"}],"url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/collections\/old-world-winery.oembed","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}