Pleiades Red Wine Old Vines XXXII

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Mulled blackberry aromas dominate, layered with whispers of savory spices that invite deeper contemplation. There's an intriguing complexity that unfolds slowly with each inhalation. Black cherry and burgundy plum, so ripe it brings one to the point of reverie. The fruit is balanced by subtle earthy undertones and those continuing savory spice elements, perhaps clove, star anise, and a hint of black pepper. A wine of substantial presence with well-integrated tannins that provide framework without harshness. This is a wine that doesn’t asked to be liked, it asks to be understood.

The object of Pleiades is to be delicious, delight the jaded, irritate the wine police, and go well with anything red wine goes well with. Each component is crafted and aged in small quantities by traditional Thackrey artisanal practices. We produce premium single-sourced
varietal wines, then age them individually before blending into the final composition. Sangiovese, Tempranillo, Carignane, Pinot Noir, Viognier, and Petite Sirah all play a role in this performance.

Sean Thackrey was one of California’s most influential, eccentric, and game-changing winemakers you might never have heard of. Alongside legends like Alice Waters, Jeremiah Tower, and Kermit Lynch, Sean had a guiding hand in a remarkable moment in history – the explosion of food and wine culture in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1970s. Working in isolation in the tiny town of Bolinas on the Pacific coast, this artist and former gallerist turned his attention to winemaking. Sean created unique blends and varietal wines that quickly became part of the culinary (or gastronomic) landscape of the Bay Area.

In 2019, the Pleiades Wine Company was created to support the decades of work by Sean and his team. Thackrey produces wines using largely self-taught methods, many of which relied on his own intuitions and senses rather than the dogmatic adherence to formulas, protocols, and classroom-taught wine-making. Rather than looking to conventional vinification practices, Sean used ancient texts as reference points. His overall philosophy on viticulture and vinification can be best described as simple, natural, and non-interventionist.

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