Sandlands, Mataro 'Contra Costa', 2024 so081925 albamar offer amphorae) to avoid imposing a

amphorae) to avoid imposing a single winemaking signature

Aux Pierres is a single steep east-facing parcel within the storied Javernières climat — iron-rich red clay laced with schist

With its balanced character and approachable nature

with perfectly balanced acidity to keep it lifted off your palate

Sandlands, Mataro 'Contra Costa', 2024 so081925 albamar offer amphorae) to avoid imposing aMataro is the old California name for Mourvedre, and Contra Costa County's sandy Oakley plots are its spiritual home. Tegan Passalacqua's Sandlands version draws from gnarled, head trained, own rooted vines well over a century old, planted in the deep silica sands that protected them from phylloxera and starved them into intensity. Tegan's hand is barely visible: native fermentations, neutral wood, no extraction tricks, just the rugged dark fruited,