{"product_id":"2023-somer-s-vineyard-mission","title":"2023 Osa Major Somer’s Vineyard Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eVarietal\u003c\/strong\u003e: Mission\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eUSA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lodi, California \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWine\u003c\/strong\u003e: Osa Major is the one-woman project of Bay Area winemaker Emily Fernwood, who founded the label in 2020 after years of harvest work across California, Oregon, Australia, and New Zealand, with a commitment to low-intervention winemaking, organic farming, and the recovery of California's overlooked and historic vineyard sites. The Somer's Vineyard Mission is grown from head-trained, dry-farmed vines planted roughly fifty years ago in Lodi, likely propagated from cuttings tracing back to the Spanish mission plantings that gave the variety its name, which is a direct thread to California's pre-Prohibition religious-based winemaking past. Fernwood vinifies it with minimal intervention, allowing the wild, largely unmanaged character of the site to speak without interference. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 Somer's Vineyard Mission is a translucent, light-bodied expression of one of California's oldest and most undersung grapes. It opens with aromas of dried fig, sun-warmed herbs, and dusty earth, lifted by a whisper of rose hip and dried cherry skin. On the palate, it is lean and quietly tannic, with a gentle grip, low alcohol, and a dry, savory finish that lingers with more depth than its pale color suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePairing\u003c\/strong\u003e: Lamb flatbread with sumac and torn mint, a plate of aged Manchego with quince paste, slow-roasted tomatoes on griddled sourdough with olive oil, or an impromptu lunch of cured meats and pickled peppers eaten at a wooden table somewhere warm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Puget Street Imports","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45816604000452,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/0350\/8676\/files\/DSCF1886-OsaMajor-Mission.png?v=1776814441","url":"https:\/\/offsetbottleshop.com\/products\/2023-somer-s-vineyard-mission","provider":"Offset Bottle Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}