Every year at Alondra de los Prados is different and 2020 was surely no exception.  The vineyard is nestled in a little nook down near the Santa Ynez River which usually buffers it from heat spikes.  However, in September of 2020 about ten days before an ideal harvest day a heat spike hit and cooked a lot of the fruit that was exposed to the sun.  Not only did the fruit get compromised but the canopy was fried.  So even though it wasn’t as ripe as we would have liked we had to harvest the grapes ASAP because they were not getting any better.  What resulted was a lighter style of wine with a bit more acid than most years.  We are really happy with how it turned out and this wine will age a bit longer than some of the other vintages.  Find a fatty cut of meat, wagyu anything, throw it on the grill and wash it down with this.