Stolpman 2021 Gamay Noir "GDG", Santa Barbara County

Background:

As one of the newer members of the Stolpman Syrah So Fresh Family- GDG Gamay comes with a label hand-written in Ruben’s beautiful penmanship.  When Tom Stolpman arrived at Villa Angeli one Friday afternoon in early 2016 he noticed some re-plantings across the L’Avion runway in Block 6.  He asked me what we had planted and I answered, “oh, that’s the new Gamay!”

“You Planted GOD D#MN GAMAY?”

“Well, at least we have a name for it now!”

Following the Block 6 planting, we added an additional 3.5 acres of Gamay in Block 10.  This new head-trained block makes its debut in the 2021 GDG.  We also augment the estate production with Gamay from Nolan Ranch Vineyard in the cool, windy Los Alamos Corridor of Santa Barbara County.