Description

200 Gallons Reserva Red

During Prohibition, a legal loophole known as Section 29 allowed American households to produce up to 200 gallons of wine annually for personal use, equivalent to over a thousand bottles. This little-known chapter of history inspired winemaker Jaime Quendera to craft the 200 Gallons Reserva, a tribute to the resourceful home vintners of that era.

The wine is built around Alicante Bouschet, a Portuguese grape variety that was surprisingly popular among Prohibition-era home winemakers in California for its ability to produce deeply colored, richly flavored wine. Jaime sources his fruit from vines that are a century old, prized for their low yields and concentrated character. The wine spends twelve months aging in custom-built casks, with French oak on the top and bottom for a touch of spice and American oak along the sides contributing notes of vanilla.

200 Gallons Reserva Red Notes to Your Senses

• APPEARANCE: Deep, dark ruby with a dense, opaque core
• AROMA: Ripe black cherry and plum layered with baking spice and vanilla oak
• TASTE: Full-bodied and smooth, with black cherry, raspberry and plum fruit balanced by warm spice and vanilla notes from the oak
• FINISH: Long and velvety, with lingering spice and dark fruit
• ABV: 14.5%