Gearhead Wines Princess CCC 2020
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| Management number | 253691527 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$11.60 | Model Number | 253691527 | ||
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Princess CCC is a still, skin-contact red blend from Craig West of Gearhead Wines, made from Chardonnay, Counoise, and Carignan — three CCOF-certified organically farmed, dry-farmed sources in California. The Chardonnay comes from the historic Lolonis Vineyard in Redwood Valley, Mendocino, farmed on gravelly loam and red clay soils. The Counoise and Carignan come from Love Ranch Vineyard near Yosemite in Madera County, grown on thin soils of granitic schist.
All three varieties were co-fermented carbonically with no treading or added CO2, with 14 days of whole-cluster skin contact. The Counoise was picked early at 17 brix, giving it an almost white-grape character that, combined with the Chardonnay and Carignan, produces a pale, glowing, chillable red. Nothing was added at any stage: unfined, unfiltered, zero sulfites.
Craig West started Gearhead Wines in 2016 after a chance encounter with Noel Diaz of Purity Wines in Richmond, California. West, previously a fisherman and baker for Acme Bread, made his first wine that year in his garage. He does not own any vineyards and sources exclusively from CCOF-certified organic growers. All wines are made in tiny lots at the Richmond facility he shares with Diaz.
The CCC name refers directly to the three grapes in the blend. Serve this well-chilled — 30 minutes in the fridge is ideal — and treat it the way you would a serious natural rosé or light carbonic red. Bone dry, lively, and built for drinking, not cellaring.
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